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Let's get this podcast started Welcome to Nock and Le a Wave original brought to you by pull Ups. I'm your host, Kylie Kelsey. We've officially kicked off water table season in the Kelsey family. There was a moment in time where I used to fight them on putting their bathing suits on every single time we filled it up, but I have decided that I'm sick of having to pick up the slew of drenched clothing off of the front porch as they disrobe before they go in so they don't make the floor slippery. My all time favorite Jersey shore food is probablyroably S break for treats for savory. I mean, I don't know, Hank sauce, you guys have heard me talk about them before Slather Hank au sauce on a shoe and I'd eat it. and We're gearing up for our first No. Oh now, we're gearing up for our first kindergarten graduation G guysys, we literally just started the year How did we get here? Also, she's a mile high, which I'm pretty proud of proud of U and She looks old which is Dom I'm not feeling great about it. I'm feeling very sad super casual, but I'm going to get over it because Next year, my second is gonna be This is guys How do we pause time? Well, now that we've covered my fragile emotional state for this week, coming up, It's National Rescue Dog Day. So in honor of that, I'm going to be joined by multiple able Dogs and maybe cats from the PSPCA right here in a matter of minutes Good. Luck Everyone's staying. I'm kidding I think We've also got a banger Doom sccroll a week featuring perhaps the best reaction to a pregnancy announcement I have ever seen. After that, I'm going to be joined by someone I have so little business speaking to The first woman to fly around the moon Artemis I mission specialist and Philadelphia sports fan Astronaut Christina Cook That is silly that I get to say that out loud She's going to talk to us. She is actually going to spend time. talking to us which is silly, but we're doing it. before she realizes how silly it is Before we get to all of that a few NGL announcements First up, NGO will be off next week for Memorial Day because let's be honest, we all need a little vacation And But don't worry real ones, we wouldn't leave you hanging like that, even though there's no NGO you are getting brand new episode of FFO this Tuesday, may twenty sixth. And it's a good one. I learned how to gol from the literal goat. Michelle We West just in time for me to kick my husband's ass at our charity golf tournent in June I should say that with more confidence, but I'm a little worried. And by that I mean I've never played more than eight holes of goff. Well That's a lie because I played two more with Michelle So I've played ten holes of golf. also Not that any real ones would be surprised There may or may not Puppies in that episode because we found some. And by I found some, I mean, They were holding an event at the golf course we were at and I'm not going to pass up an opportunity to pet that dog. Even more Ns NGO will be back the first week of June with our official summer kickoff solo episode, youer What did Queen Ema bribe me with this time? What did you bribe me with Nothing. She didn't bribe me with anything. And you know what that means? If we have to do a solo episode, she's not getting more than sixty minutes this week Got her Next, let's get to Rowan Comon of the Week brought to you by Peloton And our real one comment this week was shockingly common In the comment section of our Hillary Duff telling us about her SI swimsuit cover. The comment says at SI swimsuit, get Kylie for next year Gu. No, thank you Absolutely not I would Queen Ea tried to ask if it was the top ten place. I have no business being I would almost say it's top three. And I think it goes without saying that if I don't like having my photo taken Closed probably not going to like my photo taken Naked You know what I mean Queennaa wants to know what magazine cover I would be into. She's providing some ideas like modern dog or modern cat. Yes but I would be the stage mom behind the camera for Freddie or Pattty, or Freddie and Pattty. That'd be cute. Queen Emma also recommends ADHD magazine Yes, immmediately, yes U alsoso food to love simply bread issue? Yeah, alsoso yes I'd be on the cover. you want to feel H. with loaves of bread and Fred Items. I'm talking anything that uses a yeast or a sourdough starter You can catch me doing the backstroke through that pool I will happily be photographed again, fully clothed in a pool of bread How did we get here? That's it for realong comomment of the week brought to you by Peloton and just to make sure you heard me, I do not want to be in my bathing suit on SI swimsuit Edition Big fan of the magazine, big fan though. I love that when I was younger. I got the magazine every year. I loved it Big fan loveo it for other women. I you guys are fucking crushing it, You guys look hot. and powerful and strong. and amazing and I'm Call us Don't email. Don't inquire Don't waste your time Moving on, let's get to Doom Scroll the Week brought to you by Pull upps Yeah, first up Hands down the best reaction I've seen to a pregnancy announcement Q end of the clip, ple preregnant. Yeah ever a bad You get it D I be too There's two of them. You're having two twin? kidd, right have. For audio listeners, they pulled out a little t shirt. The mom is seated on the couch next to him and proceeds to scream like she's having an exorcism with her whole body tensed and then she starts sliding off the couch until she decides I'm actually going to fall on the floor It was a decision. I said decides for a reason. She was a decision to fall on the floor. One of the best comments is a thought that I also experienced, which was Mind you She was sitting down and still fell twice with three crying laughing faces. Yes, she did. So Queen Ema wants to know what Big An and Lol Lis's reactions were when we told them My mom found out the first time that we were pregnant pretty early on because was I was struggling I was struggling. When we told my dad, we actually ask I asked him by saying, arere you ready to be a skater which For those of you who don't know, have we talked about this on the show? My dad's grandfather name is Skeeter That was decided when we were My sister and I were probably ten and twelve. We were reading books from a bookshelf in our house One of them was a baby name book and at the back of the book, it included grandparent names, which sent us down a spiral And we determined at that age that we were going to call our dad, Skeeter when we had kids because it's a slow burn It's a slow burn that a six foot nine man has to introduce himself a skater and gets called it in public We said, do you want arere you ready to be a skkeiater? And he had he had big feelings about that. He was very excited. So That's how we told him. As we have announced our consecutive pregnancies Um I think people are like less like they're like, o, congratulations. By the fourth one, people are like Congrats You know you guys don't have to touch each other like that kind of thing, you know You guys could like just not you guys could You guys could N. You know Everyver so often when you say you have four kids, people look at you like, do you guys known about contraceptive. Next, you know what's fucked up This TikTok trend graduating seniors are trying to make us cry when we're just innocently doom scrolling on a Tuesday night. Time for your next adventure. Audio listeners the student is in their cap and gown. They place down a toy that completes the lineup of toys It's pretty much like it trains And then they walk away words and ideas out of focus Re immediately re. It's disrespectful You guys should cut the shit Am I Is that u Gene Wilder talking or is that Robin Williams? Because I'm be honest with you. I feel very strongly about the fact that if it is Robin Williams, I might have to Hold down on TikTok and select not interested because My emotional state can't handle that. The fact that you have a voiceover of Robin Williams with that music and it's with tiny little toys that my current kids are the current ages that are appropriate to be playing with this, suggesting that It'll just be tomorrow when they're in their caing gown for their high school graduation is I literally can't come up with a better explanation other than it's disrespectful. I feel personally attacked by this. If my girls were gonna to do it, They would probably line up. Let's think I think they just have very specific like Ellie would be the kid that would line up stuffies. There are specific stuffies she rotates, but there's specific stuffies that I would line up, that makes me want to cry. The thought of that makes me want to cry. The idea that she won't always be a stuffy kid also makes me want to cry. Raising kids is a trap. I'm going to move on before I actually start crying. That's it for Doom Scrol the Week brought you by pull ups. Moving on, in honor of National Dog Rescue Day, I have some very special visitors from the PSPCA That's where we adopted Freddie. And they're here right now. This cuddly furry adoptable animal segment is brought adoptable emphasis on adoptable. Animal segment is brought to you today by our friends at Doorash this as a hint also to make sure that you support your local rescues ese animals that I am about to introduce you to are available at the PSPCA if you're local to the Philadelphia area. You can also always support local rescues by donating food, toys, beddting, things like that. You can call your local rescues and ask how you can support Sometimes I do understand that not everyone is in a place to adopt an animal, whether that be that you don't have a yard, that you're not financially ready, things like that that should be taken into consideration. I'm not telling you to go adopt an animal on a whim But if you would still like to support your local rescues, there are plenty of ways to do that and you can call them and ask how U All right. can't take it anymore bring him in ueen Emm Zoo now, Eie's been here for the last five minutes. joking. Hys have you seen or love this Let me tell you the audio that just picked up in my headphones was so perfect After hearing the way she snicky snacked on her cheese Don't you want to bring Eie home to your house? Eie is available right now. We don't have an namej her. because she's a young adult She's a tiny black pittity that came from a suspected dogfighting case. She's a little bit nervous Wh wouldn't be when you come into a weird ass back office that ends up being a podcast studio. asked to be well behaved sitting on a random woman's lap She has a white Chest Vig old white spot on our chest. know what else she has White Piggy toes White Pitty toes Are you kidding Guys, don't you want Eie to be part of your family? She doesn't want to be in a house with other animals She wants to be She wants me be the center of attention She wants your focus and love to be on her. Hys, are you kidding me? look at Maybe she wants to be a studio dog. you don't know Do have a podcast, Genius Studio Dog? I have an Eie for you But we do have another adoptable dog. So we're going to send FEL Someone great. All you can have free rain. That's a fully fenced backyard. Girl, go ahead. She's just perfect. Dog number two is named Bright Eyes. You heard that right U My understanding is that Bright Eyes is not going to be a candidate for sitting in my lap because Bright eyes. is well fed what I've been told Allright this Shes the same way Oh no Yook Oh my God, I can't wait for you guys to see this doll bit. Okay guys, she was at the PSPCA two years ago She was taken by the police force and brought into care of the PSPCA because she was emaciated and that, as we know is neglect. You should feed your dogs, okay because they're sweet angel babies and they are hungry, okay Now, oh gosh She went out, lived with a family, with kids. she was happy as a little clam. Oh my goodness, she has a pink nose like a little piggy Oh no You have a pink nose I it a pakey And then she came back to the PSPCI because that familiess situation changed, but now she's ready for a new family Guys, first of all Let me tell you, for our audio listeners, a pity smile to end all pity smiles, okay She is a stocky queen She's got Chubby little stumpy tail. Let me tell y you. And she's a thick girl. And when I say thick, I mean thick with three C's and I mean that ye, in you get it in the most complimentary way. Hold that thought it everyone Oh no, than you so She's just a baby. Hi. How old is she? ita five. She' was fairly young when she came in. Girls. Okay Oh Can she be placed in a house with other animals? She's also open to meeting other dogs if you already have a dog in your house. Oh, Bright eyes, it was an absolute pleasure. And when when her name is Bright eyes for a reason guys, she has like this little twinkle in her eyes and she's o, beautiful. Okaykay. I know it's rescue Dog day, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to have a cat inside my home You guys don't understand how rairred this is. Let's see her old You stop at R I actually like didn't believe it when I saw Is she all black Jokes on you guys, I kind of love that. You guys would think that because I'm a superstitious lady that that would bother me, but it doesn't. Now. If she crossed the road, am I driving down it? Absolutely not. I'm not an idiot. This is Star. This is Star. Star is, Ohh my God. Star is seventeen years old. She came back to us Earlier was this year, she was like some paralysis in h like but she's walking around fine. She actually just wanted to go to a different house. She said, I'm seventeen I'm tired of where I am and I'd like to explore somewhere else, guysys. Look at how beautiful she is Are you kidding me? Where is she cleared to live, Sarah, Is she allowed to have Roommates? Of course she can't because she's a well adjusted lady She's reasonable Come on She wouldould she walk on this halter? Is this just a safety precaution or she would walk?. You're joking. Do you want to take Star for a walk You could do that I' going to let you down because I think you want to get down and explore and you're more than welcome to do that because you're in an enclosed room and actually if you look super comfy, I will let you stay. Jason probably wouldn't feel great about a cat being in here, but like I said last week, we did get him with the AI cat picture. so we might need to take a picture of Star before she leaves this house so that we can get him with a real life picture If any of my kids were home from school right now, I'm going to let it go just so she can leave me if she wants to U If any of my kids were home from Sore now, I would get a video of them petting her so that he would believe it I do think I should text in a picture. Let's see Look at our newest adduditions Listen to her little meows She's so pretty. Okay. That's it for our adoptable Animal visit brought to you by Dorash Thank you Dorash for giving me the excuse and thank you for the national Rescue animals. What is it? I don't even care. I just rescue dogs. guysys,'s rescue dogs But any excuse, send in the days that we need to honor with dogs and we will keep bringing you adoptable pets Coming up I'm about to be joined by astronaut Christina Cook right after these messages. Being a person is tough enough these days, let alone being a parent. That's why I use doordash because when life gets crazy, doordash helps bring some order to it. Like last week, when you guessed it again, I ran out of milk and Finn doesn't like when that happens. so I had to doorash a gallon of milk re pretty sure it was nine thirty at night and it got there because there was no way in that I was gonna experience the next morning without a bottle to greet her. She knows what she likes. So Doorash came in clutch with that one. Real life needs real relief. That's why Doorash is there for whatever you need whenever you need it. Life with kids is wildly unpredictable. No matter how much parents try to plan, there's always going to be chaos. 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And I was like, wow Honestly First of all, it's actually really sweet We love a supportive King That's very kind of him to think ahead Al really planning Do Is it wouldould it really be that bad? It's okay if it is I think so I do. Could we couldould we maybe place blame on the fact that you've been in space for an extended period of time have evaluated how long I can rely on that as an excuse And it's dwindling. It is dwindling. Okay nine day mission. MLB I'm going need you guys to gear up. I may need someone to invite Christina to do a first pitch ASAP so that we can and practice that with a little, a little practice time so that we still have an explanation I'm not to say an excuse. It's an explanation That is a great call. Okay, thank you. You're welcome We're on a team Now this might actually be the most badass intro I've ever done on this show. So I'm going try not to nerd out, but the real ones know, that's inevitable. So here we go. She's the first ever Woman in the history of time to fly around the moon. She holds the record for longest single spaceflight by a woman with a total of three hundred and twenty eight days. She served as mission specialist one of NASA's Artemis II mission that took her and the crew the farurthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth. and perhaps off nearly equal importance, she's a die hard Piladelphia sportsan. It's astronaut Christina Cook, Christina. Welcome to the show Gber thanks you It's great to be here Gobirds I have been first of all, we've been talking about you in our house because we had to talk about the first woman to do it. You know, we have to. As a house of four girls, we have to chit chat about it Um, We were obviously dialed in as was everybody else U The girls are fascinated. And It's exciting that we get to have these conversations, that you are sparking these conversations with the incredible work that you're doing and that it gets to spark sort of that that curiosity. and then we get to talk about it. and that I cannot thank you enough for that U I'm here for all of it First and foremost, how are you doing and how is the recovery process going? Oh, thank you. It's going pretty well. Like I said, I wish I could maybe rely on it a little bit more for not excuses, but explanations of things like just general brain fog, clutsiness, etceter. But honestly, we're doing pretty well. After my really long mission, I had one mission that was three hundred and twenty eight days. this one was nine. My recovery was much longer after that one. This one, we felt fairly normal after about two weeks And we looked really normal as long as our eyes were open walking around and doing normal things almost right away, which was a great you know, a great blessing. And there were some other things that maybe we were managing that weren't as apparent. But even all of that is really back to normal a lot. And didn't have quite the same shell shock with, I guess socialization as after my first mission as well. My first mission, I went for almost eleven months, only seeing eleven other humans. And so of course, landing and seeing lots of humans was definitely a shocker. but this one, you know, short and sweet. I was just so happy to see everyone on that ship out in the Pacific when we landed. and it's just been up from there Now what's the toughest adjustment coming back Yeah For this mission, I would say adjusting to maybe the way the world reacted to it, that would be on the like psychological side, on the physical side, just the dizziness, learning to walk And I feel like for a while, like an extended period of time, I felt a little bit buzzed like all the time. It was how I would explain it to my doctors was it felt like maybe you had gone to a work lunch and had a drink, maybe you shouldn't have. And then you go back to work and you're like trying to pull it to get the room is moving a little bit And that's how I felt all the time for I would say the second week I was back. So that was a challenge to manage, not a big deal. and it's gone away. And in some ways, it's sort of sad to have your all your space adaptations gone because for a while, it's kind of a link reminding you that your body went through something and you went through something Now What's something that we are all taking for granted here on Earth somethingomething that you might have missed I'll go with the obvious one is your family. I mean, just to be surrounded by loved ones is so special. and it's special to every single person that goes to space. Whatever that means for you, loved ones are one thousand percent the most important thing to every human being And then if I would just think about something else on Earth You know, it's not to me like the creature comforts like a latte or something like that. It's It's maybe, here's a good one for you, Blue skky. Because when you go to space, you actually don't see a blue sky. This thing that just feels like it's the background of everything, like this is inevitable, something you look up and see I mean, on my long mission, I didn't see a blue sky for almost eleven months. And that is something beautiful. That is such a you that is there's no crazy to think about. I mean, That and how dark is it It's one thousand percent dark. It is so dark, in fact. Well, on the space station, you go around the Earth every hour and a half. So you have seventeen sunrises and sunsets every single day. On our mission, we were just flying through blackness the entire time. And the way that they had to point our spaceship, like the spaceship isn't just kind of tumbling or through space on its way. It's in a very specific orientation, It's called the attitude. And our attitude was such that the sun was always on the tail end of the spacecraft. That was for like thermal balance reasons. So we very rarely actually saw the sun. We would literally for three days other than maybe seeing the sunlight glint off of the moon or the earth to be in the window, we didn't really see the sun. So I was just thinking about how on the mission Everything feels like it happened at night to me because out the window was complete darkness. And so I'm like, oh yeah, No, that was first thing in the morning. It was dark out the windows, but it was definitely like or midday Now, um For anyone who doesn't know You kind of touched on this, but I'm gonna to put this as bluntly as possible. How does being in space fuck up the human body scientifically speaking. So many things Um, One of the big things, well, you, I like to remember that they're actually all adaptations to being in space. So the human body is just like, oh, cool, I don't have to pump the blood as hard to make it all go to the brain. So I'm going to work a little bit less hard because I'm a heart and I'm just know trying to take as much as little energy as I can. or like, oh, all the fluid is rising up in your body because you're not on Earth where the gravity pulls it down. So All of your body sensors are like, whoa, we have too much blood volume. Let's shed that. The other one for long duration is muscle and bone atrophy, meaning it just all goes away because you don't even have to lift yourm arm. like everything you do, zero effort So your body's like, sweet, I'm not going to build muscles. I'm going not do that because I'm a body trying to conserve energy. And so the muscles and bones can atrophy. That's why we have to exercise so so much Another very regimented thing in space, lots of exercise every single day. and that sort of counteracts that I think the other things are more internal medicine type of things, our immune systems kind of start operating funny, latent viruses might come out, rashes might happen because of all the stress that your body is under in terms of your immune response. And then there's some other organs that just do a little bit of weirdo things after a lot of time. Yeah, for the most part, the blood volume changes are the big one. That's so crazy. I can't imagine coming back and feeling like you're a little drunk. just a little just a little That's the best way I can characterize it. Yikes. Well, I'm glad that even amidst recovery, you do have your priorities in order because everyone got to see you at the Flyers game a couple of weeks ago. That was so awesome that they let me come early yes. I mean incredible best. We had so much fun. It was amazing. The welcoming, people were so welcoming, peopleeople were so stoked People brought by their kiddos to the sweite. All the adjacent suites were like, what's up? and we were doing photos. It was so fun. I got to like meet the people that are on the radio in my house all the time Oh that's so great. ye. Now you also sent us this amazing photo. It's gritty on top of your luggage, which is Perfect way to do that. I love that you just are representing Well, he had to come home with me and I had a pretty full bag. so And also he to br a really cool gift the best gift ever. I love that. He is I will say the second best mascot in Philadelphia. Oh my Godd, don't tell swoop. because I'm definitely referring to Phillyanatic as a Zop one. Don' Nobody tells Swoop. This is going to be bad Speaking of favorites, which is your favorite Philly team? Is it the flyarm Well, I have to go with the Eagles. it's just like football was the number one for us. The flyers are coming in though. They're kind of rising because my husband has started to play men's Leue hockey again. so now I'm a hockey wife and it just the whole thing elevates and I know the rules a little bit better now, but the OG was definitely the Eagles.s where that's where, you know, I feel like that's where he started me. And that's where the main like family memories that were that're bringing into our family really come from him and his dad and him and his friends watching all the games. And so I've been watching Eagles games the longest, I would say. And so So if the Eagles are your favorite team Who's your least favorite team and why is it the Dallas Cowboys? Correct. D. vice. How do you run into a lot of Dallas fans living in Houston There are, they are everywhere here. In fact, I have a couple going like text vvelries with a few people. There was a pilot instructor. We fly these high speed supersonic jets and one of the instructors is a cowboys fan. So we have a text war all the time and then he recently retired. I gave him a signed picture of me watching the Eagles Cowboys game in space for him to take with him as a memory. That's so perfect You know, smart man, right? obviously doing the job that he was doing, but everybody has their flaws and that's what I tell every single Cowboys fan I meet I didn't hold it against him, but it didn't it was a little questionable. Yeah, you're like, I can't fully trust your opinion now but I still love you, you know, That's kind of where we have to be Totally. Speaking of the birds Y post about bringing the Super Bowl confetti to the moon insane Well done. Yeah. Well, thank you. I wasn't sure if I should, you know, reveal that because it was a surprise for my husband. And so I talked to him beforehand and told him this sur prise, I might have accidentally ruined it as well prior to the mission So But he was really sweet. He pretended it wasn't ruined and acted surprised. And then I was like, and by the way, I'm thinking about like telling the world when I respond to Jen Mertz. And he said, sure, you have my blessing. I actually brought the confetti. I have it if you want to see it. Do you really? We would love to see it.. U this will show you like how u not fancy, I am because its it's actually it came So we tried to go get confetti because we did go to the game and we could not find any. We went down because we weren in Gacy's We went down to where it all was. We were like, where is it? Did it get vacuumed up? likeike there was none. So I had to order it on eBay And it came as this huge like envelope. So I had to repackage it for space so it would have minimal weight. So it's in a reused credit card payment envelope that I found. And I made sure I wrote sururprise for Bob on it, like an official label That's outstanding. This is it, this is it. And you know, of course, the Philppia me is like, is it real? Super Bowl confonetti? but it has shapes. So I feel that if it's not, it's very much It's a belieable approximation. It's believable. I don't even know that we I don't think we have conffetti from that one So I couldn't even help you by comparing Oh, well, you know, now you know someone who does so get. I'm veryer excited about that. Now how does how does the feeling of winning a Super bowl compared to flying to the mid. H I am prepared for you to like one more than the other. I'm okay with that I will say that going to the Super Bowl with Bob was incredible. We had such a fun time. We rode our bikes there through New Orleans and just the whole energy walking up the street to the suuperdome was absolutely the time of my life. So you know, they're different. Like I said, familyilies is the most important things. So that kind of elevates it even up u to the moon situation. And like it it was pretty close. Like if you okay, fair, if you had to ask me like which one to have to like wipe from the record I would probably keep the moon to be honest with you. That's It's real close. That's totally fine. The good news is, I'm never gonna ask you to wipe it. So we can just say apples and oranges Both were very exciting. One was slightly more exciting B slightly, I mean, probably a substantial amount, but we're gonna to say slightly right now because go birds. It our relative Now I said it earlier, but I've been known to nerd out on this show and I'm about to do it again because I'd love to ask you all the questions I've been thinking since the mission I'm going to try and do it rapid fire style though, since we're talking space We're called byi it the speed of light round I am sitting up, okay. Is astronaut ice cream a real thing Oh, it is, but believe it or not, it's not part of our standard menu. So I haveve never eaten it in space. Well, that feels wrong. What was your favorite thing to eat up there? There are so many good foods. I love vegetables. so I was eating we have these spicy green beans. we have broccoli al grotten. I know this sounds as bad, but broccoli com food. It was. Mac and cheese. I mean, comfort food. We still have that. What's the best part about wearing a spaces suit? Pckets, lots of pockets. I was hoping you were gonna to say that Do you think there will be an all female NASA crew that goes to space one day It could definitely happen. There's you a lot of women in the cororps. There's a lot of women who have been commanders So because we made these decisions decades ago that we would welcome anyone to the table that has talent and abilities and is willing to work hard, and we've as a result have this incredible diverse office full of just complete you know Really good people, I'm trying not to say bad words here, and they're all ready to go. So I wouldn't be surprised. If it happens, it will happen organically. I don't think NASA's ever been in the business of kind of doing something just for the sake of it because we're very mission oriented, but that is exactly why it could happen because we are mission oriented Now, what's the biggest misconception about human space travel? That is glamorous. It is whatever the opposite of glamorous is. There's a lot of non glamour happening U What is it like to splash down into the ocean It is amazing. You We were happy It feels It was less dramatic than landing on land. It's kind of like you just get cradled by the water and you're so happy and you're thinking we're alive. It's just the best feeling Now when did you first get to communicate with your families again I got to communicate with my family when I was in the med bay of the Navy ship that we recovered to after getting on the helicopters And someone showed up with my cell phone and they were like, hereere you go. I'm dialing Bob's number. And there he was. So that was awesome. They They knew what was most important to us as soon as we sort of got into a stable spot Were you ever afraid at any point in the mission U, you know, fear is an interesting thing. I wouldn't say that I was afraid in the sense of having physiological effects or having it be a large part of my brain capacity, but I was very aware of risks and really that just kind of put me into a place of focus and vigilance. But I never and I want to emphasize, it is okay to be afraid. It is okay to be nervous, It is okay to have an anxiety. I've experienced all of those things throughout my career that there's something about fulfilling the mission that you've trained for that for me put me in a state of calm and focus, and those anxieties weren't necessarily a part of it What is your absolute favorite memory of being with your crew Yes Just so many. Proably on the far side of the moon, when we were experiencing the eclipse which if your listeners, viewers haven't seen what we describeed the photos or how we described it There was a hole in the universe outside the window Apparently, It was actually just the moon with the sun behind it It was the most ominous thing I've ever seen in my life, and we were all experiencing it in the exact same way. It was almost like you couldn't look at it for too long. Unlike seeing the Earth of the moon where you're like, I can't stare at this for long enough. It's so beautiful. I'd never want tona take my eyes off this You would look at this crazy thing out the window and you'd be like that we all had that opinion about it and felt the same way was really wild That is weird. Now, I know that you guys just got back from the literal moon, but I have to ask, are you already thinking about the next mission Well, I'm thinking about other people doing the next mission for sure. We are really stoked. Our friends are going to be on Orion. then some more friends of us are gonna be landing on the moon, walking on the moon. and I could not be more excited. I actually think I would be just as excited for this mission if it had been my friends and not me. I am just pumped that we're doing it And we're doing it, you know, we're lighting rockets, we're going, we're keeping up the cadence and we're making it happen. I can't stop thinking about it. Now, I don't know if you can answer this, but I'm not an actual journalist. so I'll ask anyway, do you believe there's life on other planes and I don't necessarily believe differently because of anything I've seen or not seen space. Got it. But I believe in the strong possibility. I am not really swayed by the fact that we haven't either detected it yet or been contacted yet because I think all the infinities that are part of the equation, we're just not sure which one wins out in the end. it would seem very strange to me if In this big universe, there was just only one place where it all came together and it was only here. That would be surprising to me. So you're saying that you haven't seen anything ly. And I can I can definitely tell you. we're not that far away like on the grand scheme of things. L, you know, the space station is two hundred fifty miles up. It's basically just at Earth And u Orion kind of in the the Earth mooon system. It's not like we're going to a distant galaxy, or even a distant solar system within our own galaxy. I wasn't expecting to like pop out look out the window and be like, what's that blinking thing? you know, Who are you? Yeah, exactly. Hi. I'm ready to speak to you in your language of music. No, I wasn't expecting that. Now last question is someone who would know What is the most realistic space movie Hm Great question I I always go back to the Martian. A couple of reasons why One is that Yeah depicted the teamwork and kind of the problem solving really well. There were obviously some pretty fantastical things that happened in it The one thing it did not get right though, and I just have to tell you, this is kind of funny. We actually got to all watch it all the employees of the Johnson Space Center here at NASA where we work and they showed entrance to our space center in the movie. And in the movie version, it was the super futuristic. There were like fancy lights and signs. And if you knew the real government facility that we drive into every day, heavy on the cinder block situation. the entire day la. Yes at that part. So that was that was the unrealistic part. That's so good to know. It's nice to know that it's just the movie optics of the building that really went awry Yeah, I mean, exactly. 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Like you've met your heroes I'm sure you've been a hero and an inspiration and to imagine how you looked up to people and then try to translate other people's thoughts about you and that that might be how they're thinking is very it's very hard to do, but I'll say it's actually the only way that I can start to understand it because I don't see myself that way. So I have to actually immagine how I saw my hero. It was how did I feel the day I met Sally Ryide and To be honest, that has helped me so much because I feel like I can't be enough for everyone and When I remember meeting her specifically I was one of a long line of people shaking her hand and moving on, shaking her hand, moving on And yet I have the most crystal memory of her looking into my eyes when she shook my hand And I realized That's all I have to do. I just have to say with my eyes to every young person that I meet I see you I know what this means to you. and your dreams are valid And that's all I have to do. and Honestly, I don't think about the records. All I think about them is I hope they're surpassed as soon as possible. I hope the superlatives are beat as soon as possible. I hope all of the onlylies turn into manyis And but if I can just do that for every person like she did for me, that's what I'm trying to do. It's so great to hear, especially when you talk about like supporting the people around you, the way that you spoke about like your crew members, the people who are also training for missions, the people around you, your team members that might not have been on this specific mission with you, but that you train with on a regular basis It's so special to hear the way you speak about them and the way you speak about your relationship with them. becausecause the idea of saying in response to, do you understand the gravity of pun intended the gravity of what you are doing and how you are breaking barriers It is To hear you say that you hope that one becomes many, to hope that people break that through that very quickly, that the quicker they do it, the more success you can sort of summarize it as, right? That it's more successful that way That is so impressive, that that is such a cool thought process that you are thinking like rising tides raise all ships in this specifically. as a whole, right?ike as NASA as a whole, that if we can just continue to have more women to have. And because you're saying that it's mission driven, they are going to be the most qualified people in those positions Exactly. As someone with four daughters and a podcast where we have a lot of parents listening. How would you encourage us to get our girls interested in STEM fields H Well, I, you know, I am not a mom. I'm an ally. and I would say that I have so many siblings with kids, so many friends with young kids, and I feel like the important thing is just seeing what they're into and pumping them up about that. And if there's a way to sort of bring in STEM not as a way of saying this is what you should be doing, but just bringing it into their awareness by maybe questioning little things, mayaybe that's a sound that you hear when something happens, Maybe that's watching the water come out of the faucet and narrow into a smaller stream. Just all these little like examples of science, biology, nature physics in our life, I would say just bring them up and get them to question things. Why does it do that? I wonder. And maybe then they will start to bring that online in their own lives and those little curiosities and not taking things for granted and sort of icing that questioning, I think is something really neat that we can do with our young ones Well, like I said earlier, you are helping to spark those conversations because in our own house, we very much had the no you could also go to space And it was a very exciting realization. Speaking of parents though, you just referenced that you are an ally to moms, even though you don't personally have children. You said one thing I hear from a lot of my mom friends that I can relate to as an astronaut who lived onboard the space station for almost eleven months is isolation. Can you share a little bit more about that Yes, for sure That is something that I've thought a lot about loneliness and isolation and this sense that you're going through something where you feel invisible when you go maybe out into the world. No one knows what you just overcame in the in your own home trying to get the door even or what mess you just cleaned up before you have to turn the other way and suddenly try to present like everything's fine O just your day to day struggle, like how tired you are. And I think as an astronaut I was doing that thing where I felt like I couldn't talk to people about my day to day struggles. L I wasn't trusting even my close friend group able to support me or understand or be interested in my day to day struggles. And I realized at one point this was not sustainable that I could not keep going through this alone and not feeling like I could talk to my friends about my job And so I just tried it out once. I was like Man, it was such a rough week. I had to fit in fly in the supersonic jet. And I got schooled doing my spacewalk training in the giant pool, the neutual buoyancy lab. and They got it. they understood and they were right there for it and they were listening. And it just reminds me of all the silent things that moms have to go through sometimes when we feel like the world isn't ready to hear what we're actually what moms are going through. And it was just a little bit of an analogy. I don't think what I do is nearly as hard as being a mom, but it was a reminder to me maybe to be on the other side of that friendship, to like ask my mom friends how it was going and get specific with them. So they knew that this was a space where they could talk about the struggles that maybe weren't necessarily feeling like they were okay to just bring up on the fly. And so I think that isolation can be a way that we connect I think it's so special to I think it's so special to have that level of awareness because even just you saying that you don't think that what you do is as hard as what moms do is I think that even you feeling like you have to say that, but knowing that like your friends didn't hesitate, that the moms in your life wouldn't hesitate to tell you things so that you felt like you could do the same in your the challenges that you were having at work or feelings that you've had about work that it is really It's just they're not cess like we don't have to compare the two. bothoth are extremely difficult And it's so amazing for you to see that in the women around you and your friends and family and to be able to acknowledge that and then find common ground on it is like the most beautiful thing. And Well done That's very impressive The honor is all mine and I reach out to the moms and I make sure they know that even though my day job is to go do know crazy astronaut things I will babysit for you if you need it. I actually babysat recently for a good friend of mine going through a divorce at like four forty five in the morning so she could go to the gym And it was it meant so much to me that she accepted that help And that she was like, you know what? Yeah, I know you're launching to the moon in a month. Please please come over and build, you know B Fortz with my four year old while I'm at the gym, I will I will let you do that. and that That was the most connected I have felt in so long. it was beautiful. Well, it's so special because in both situations, you're preparing to go to the moon, she's mothering a child. in both situations, life is still happening. Like the world is still spinning, right? So it just that's amazing Yeah since I have you, next school year, I will have a first grader and a kindergartenner. so the science projects are bound to pick up some steam So I was wondering if you could coach me up a little bit If you were to come up with a science fair project for a younger kid Do you have any ideas that you could maybe recommend that I could keep in my back pocket for later good. By the way, I think this is the most like unsung hero moment ofare parenting. When my friends tell me the science projects they did with their kids, I was like, I don't think I could do that. Like how did you even come up with that idea? It's amazing. One of my friends just did this thing with I live at the beach, like how waves can create energy I was blown away So thinking about space things that are simple to grasp, something that comes to mind might be things like the speed of light and how there is a delay when you talk to people on the moon and maybe what that delay would be for if they were on Mars versus the moon So that's kind of a simple one that can be fun Another one could just be parts of a rocket, like how much you know, how what happens to the rocket after it goes into space and drops off the space capsule and just kind of the mechanics of that because even I fully didn't grasp like how that all happens, it's a very It's a very wild thing when you find out how rocketry actually works. So looking into that could be fun. And then, you know,s there's always the good old fashioned planets. I will say like on this mission, when I was looking out and I would see Earth, it looked like it was in like a kids book or something. It was just way out there, you know, blackness is space behind it, just like in all the books. And in my mind, I'm like, what am I going to see Neptune out this window? likeike what is going on here? There's planets out there And so know that's always a good one. likeike what sports could you do on a given planet? Could you rock climb on Mars or or Jupiter or not. So maybe these are very good suggestions. And honestly, I would just like to point out the lack of delay in your answer was wildly impressive I would have I would have been sitting for a while with that one Did you hear the delay talking about the wave thing? That was the buying time. Yes I like it. It' very good. Now last thing I have for you, Christina, we've been talking a little bit more, like I said about my daughters and us talking about your mission and your team's mission. We actually have a segment on here called Tiny Human Question of the Week where I talk about real questions my kids have asked, usually stuff I cannot answer And we have had to go to search engines to figure out what the answer is. We did search where do butterflies live because we needed to know a little bit more about their migration We did ask, what is time? There was a moment in time where I was asked, why is my butt so big It's a whole thing. Yep They humble you But I thought it would actually be perfect to have you respond to some of the questions my girls asked me about. since I told them about. I have I might need Google, but I am ready to We can do that Um, okay How do you go potty in space Oh That's easy. Luckily There you know, obviously no gravity, the stuff does not go down into any kind of toilet like it needs to. So we create something so that it goes where it needs to with a little bit of suction, kind of like a light vacuum cleaner, not like a really high vacuum cleaner, but just a light vacuum cleaner. There's a funnel on the end of it so you know, you go number one in the funnel the same light suction is kind of put into this canister with a seat on it. like you might think of like a camping toilet, but a little bit of suction. So you know, there's there's some practice involved, but if you, you know figure it out and you're careful, everything for number two goes where it should as well. And actuallyually, we also just spray like the number one out into space on this particular mission. O the space station, it gets recycled into your drinking water. That is something I will not be telling them because they will make that into a whole thing at the dinner table And everybody knows every potty talk at the dinner table. So I'm sorry, I will be keeping that to myself. But I will tell them the first part, so thank you for that. The other thing they wanted to know is did you see any shooting stars Amazing U, we would have had to look back at Earth to see shooting stars. because the, you know, shooting part that you see the act is an actual meteor kind of burning up in the atmosphere So I think on this particular mission, we might have seen one or two at most because we had one instance where we were looking back like a fully darkened earth. But for the most part, we were not looking back at Earth and what it would look like if you can imagine like dark Earth would just be like a little white line just going across. I did see some on my first space mission. when we were in the atmosphere of Earth just above it. I also have to ask the follow up question, which is did you wish on it veryery important Always I saw one the other day I saw one over the weekend and I wished on it for sure. Oh good. Okay. they they would feel very confused had you not taken advantage of that opportunity. Totally. Definitely. I mean, I've been wishing on star since like five, so I'm not gonna stop. And look at how far you've come with claims of no talent Truth. Now this last question is from specifically my three year old What is it like living in outer space with three stinky boys H Okay. Yes. they were very considerate. That' nice. Yes. it wasn't it was not so bad. It was. We all had to accept each other's humanness in every way on this mission because we were like in one tiny room the whole time. Yeah, my our three year old believes that girls smell like flowers. and boys are stinky. Now she lives with mostly girls and is only conditioned in that way because of my husband So ' amazing. But she did she did want to know if the stinky boys, what it was I do them Yeah. I mean, in general, would I have loveved to have had a girlfriend up there in addition? sure But I couldn't ask more of my crewmates. They were absolutely phenomenal And they didn't stink too bad. Less stinky boys That's it for Tiny Human Questions. Thank you for that. And I think they're going to be very excited with your answers Especially the wishing on a star. That's important U I cannot thank you enough for coming on It has been We we really wanted to make sure that we got you on here that we were able to chat not only about your incredible accomplishments, but Obviously all things space and gober tiny questions