Expedition 26 NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman discusses what daily life is like aboard an orbiting space laboratory on CBS' news program "The Talk" on January 18, 2011.
"Hey Im doing alot of really cool space stuff in space, would anyone like to hear about that?" "No, we just want to hear about what its like to be a housewife in space. How are your children? Is it hard for your husband to take care of your children? Have you heard of this beauty treatment to fix that frizzy hair of yours?" "Godammit."
+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.)
I have to agree with most of the commenters on this page and ask why the hell were the questions so limited? I would have asked her, _"where does that extra water droplet go that you didn't suck up? Isn't it dangerous to have floating water droplets around the technology?"_
This poor woman has studied, toiled and probably sacrificed a significant amount of her personal life to achieve the amazing status of an astronaut, and all this interviewer can do is ask her if she thinks her husband is coping with her kids. Would they ask a male astronaut that I wonder?
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.
I'm so glad that other people have mentioned how pointless their questions were. There really is so much to learn from this incredible woman, and nearly all of their questions were about silly, personal things.
Such stupid questions, she's super intelligent and in SPACE for goodness sake, ask her about something interesting! Just because she is a girl, she has to answer these husband/children questions... I'm glad she answered "I don't really miss anything yet, I'm so glad to be here", without having to enter the perfect mom role. I don't think those people down at the earth understands how it feels when you're really, really interested in something and get to experience such a huge thing within that area. Being a mom wouldn't exactly be my first priority in space, just like being a father shouldn't be. Oh well, luckily things are slowly changing for the better :)
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 RU-vid. 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.
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.
Wow.... What a waste of a space station interview.... I mean really. You have the opportunity to ask this incredibly motivated, intelligent who is currently conducting research beyond any scientist's wildest dreams in SPACE and this chick asks things like "What do you miss about earth" REALLY.
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...
God "The Talk" sucks. I wish they got a legitimate group to talk to her. Good on her though for keeping in touch. can't wait for the day where we all get the chance to be in space.
The fact that it took almost 11 minutes to get to the actual science of what they're doing on the ISS in this entire 17-minute sequence is ridiculous. I'm actually astonished they didn't wind up asking her how she did her hair in space, that would fit right in with this bullshit line of questioning.
like really shes in space. "how do you feel about your husband taking care of your wife duties." "well first off, thanks for insulting me saying how we sit around and do nothing. but yea let me tell you this over coffee and avoiding your rude comments"
One of the best things I've ever done in my life is to stop watching television; I haven't owned or watched television for about 20 years now, It has allowed me to find myself as an individual and freed me from external influences that do not reflect true reality. !'m so pleased!
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.
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.
i thought she was going to ask how she can make a sandwich for her husband in space. :/ man, what a waste of an opportunity form an epic girl like her!
Frankly, most of these questions are quite dumb. While I absolute LOVE the idea of interviewing someone in space (and love the way she moves around out there, dang), wouldn't it be better asking her about relevant SPACE stuff? I mean really, more than half of these question could be asked to ANYONE who's working in a different country, away from their families. "How is it being away from your son"... I mean sure, it's a serious question, but I want to know about how the people up there tackle the space-stuff problems, not their Earth-problems. It might just be me. Great job of the woman in space to try and direct every question in the way of something space-related though!
First off, her necklace, in every video where they are in space with some form of necklace, it just puts me into a trance. I can't stop looking at it. Second. Her honesty, I love it. I wish I seen more of if. I am tired of being one of the only people that will say the truth despite what damage it might or might not do.
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☺️😋
I love how the talk show host keeps asking stupid questions that you could ask anyone, and how Ms. Coleman on the space-craft doesn't take that nonsense, and actually makes appropriate use of the time to educate the world
It is so funny how some people seriously thinks that NASA fakes being on board ISS. One question for you: Why haven't all the other space agency's come forward confirming your suspicions? Humm :)
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.
Bad question this astronaute is in an other realm we all respect everybody but we should even more respect these people in space on ISS this is the future so respect!
So inspiring! Every word she said just made me feel like I had a chance to one day become an astronaut until she said math and science and I was like.. Oh right you need a brain to be an astronaut. Well my dreams are crushed! *Smiling on the outside, crying on the inside*
This interview was one that should have been saved for someone with more intellect than the cackling hens on "the talk". I'm sure Cady has so many interesting experiences to share, and a lot of these questions were their typical small talk for an actor who comes on the show every time they put out a new movie.
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.
What are these fuckin questions? are you kiidng me i feel bad for this amazing women who is in space and has to professionally feed into this bullshit,
Interesting on how they are asking personal questions. Maybe lack of understanding what to ask. Like I would ask this. Why is your not down and the same about your neckless and how does your sense of know gravity feel or something.
I'm glad to see quite a number of comments on this (as in: I'm not alone in being bothered by those question). This reminds me of Yvonne Brill's obituary.
we don't spend ENOUGH money on manned space ! Always supportive of any effort to leave this planet and go beyond the confines of our planet. great video.
"What daddy duties has your husband had to take up since you're on a sixth month mission?" After that stupidity, that woman should not ask anymore questions.
I would have NEVER thought about the smell. Is it because it's very clean in there, or do odor particles not work the same way... so many fascinating details.
I fell that "up" and "down" would have no use in deep space, but would have use in orbit, because "up" would be away from whatever planet you are orbiting, and "down" the opposite.
I've been watching too many space videos... I was holding an almond and I let it go in front of my face because I wanted to grab it with my mouth while it was...'floating'. -_-
Inside the ISS, there should be room temperature or at least any temperature that is habitable and ergonomic. As for space however - that is a very hard question to answer. You see, the temperature is how much particles are vibrating. Since there is mostly vacuum in cosmic space, there are no particles to vibrate there (actually there is an extremely thin atmosphere there). Chances are that it may be either severly hot or cold there, depending whether you're exposed to sunlight or not.
***** umm, what wires? The ones that aren't attached to her? CGI on a livestream? You're ridiculous. You'll never be convinced so I'll just say this: Shut up conspiracy theorist.
Good point, and I 100% agree, but you could say the same thing about a LOT of other funds and nobody is running around talking about budget cuts. There are people who think that there have been drastic cuts to NASA, and that is just not true. I think the reason people think this is because of the grounding of the shuttle program, but that was a long time coming, and it wasn't due to budget cuts.
she seemed to be glad, she said its nice having girl talk. I imagine she gets to talk about her work a lot. a break is probably nice, and I am sure she enjoys talking about her family.
Yeah, that lady is so correct. Lets not learn about interesting stuff in regards to the types of experiments they are doing in space, but, lets learn about how they get up and other things they do in a normal day. Lady, if you would of just searched the net, you would of been able to find the answer to that question and many more. But, then again, enquiring minds would like to know how that lady got her job if she admitted that she is not the brightest, because that is something I would want the whole world to know
Dog tags are used by all military forces aswell as firefighters, rescue services, explorers, miners, pretty much any sort of job or situation where you suspect you could be killed and your body left unrecoverable or unidentifiable. Working on the ISS comes with risks like meteor showers, re-entry or fire.
The yearly bugdet has been cut down to what the defense sector uses every 30th hour or something like that. That is also why they need to get private space companies like SpaceX to do stuff for them.
It is pretty amazing the type of questions that were directed to Cady Coleman. What is even more amazing that those questions were coming from a female. You could tell that Coleman was in disbelief even though she did an excellent job of concealing her reaction. Can you possibly imagine the reaction if the questioner was a male? Maybe if this was in the 1960's and the interviewer was from the Family Circle or woman's day, understandable. but definitively came across as demeaning to Cady.
what would happen if you made babies in outerspace? how would that affect the body and senses of a baby, will they be no different if they survive at all??
lorenzo501 because the baby would be subjected to zero gravity. This would not allow for his muscles to strengthen through resistance, and his bone density would be far less than normal. These two factors alone would severely stunt the biological development of a child.
Is anybody else really frustrated that they literally asked her two questions that had nothing to do with the fact that she's a mom (besides the question about her commander's feelings)? She's an astronaut!
Actually, stuff is almost weightless in micro and 0 gravity. What you're probably trying to say is that nothing is massless. But then there's massless stuff too.
the digestive systeme is mecanical, so gravity helps, but is not part of digestion for exemple, you can eat and drink up side down with no problem, so weightless is no problem
I believe these are really good questions she's asking actually. It's rather important for everyone to know what the husband of an astronaut in space is doing rather than what the actual astronaut is doing herself. Sarcasm meter = OVER THE CHARTS
Internet access is limited, on account of them being, you know, in space. I'm sure they do get video calls with their families occasionally, but it all has to be routed through Houston.
lol remenber water has surface tension, its a polar molecule, unless it hits something with a certain force, its not going to splatter and get into things. so unless its intentionally being sprayed or thrown its not going to hurt anything.
That kind of thinking leads to severe misunderstandings and errors which could have catastrophic results. Of course approximating answers is very convenient, but even that small numbers can lead to quite weird situations. One example of that is having 24 hours per day, which forces us to make one year a day longer every four years. Of course this was automatically dealt with (adding that one day), but here, in this situation, we don't have a way how to deal with this approximation.
