What it's like to live on the International Space Station | Cady Coleman

Prevoditelj: Ivan Nekić Recezent: Jelena Končar

I'm an astronaut.

Ja sam astronautkinja.

I flew on the space shuttle twice,

Dvaput sam letjela space shuttleom

and I lived on the International Space Station for almost six months.

i gotovo šest mjeseci živjela na Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji (ISS).

People often ask me the same question, which is, "What's it like in space?"

Ljudi me često pitaju istu stvar, a to je: "Kako je u svemiru?"

as if it was a secret.

kao da je to tajna.

Space belongs to all of us,

Svemir pripada svima nama.

and I'd like to help you understand why it's a place that is magic for all of us.

Voljela bih vam pomoći da shvatite zašto je to mjesto za sve nas čarobno.

The day after my 50th birthday,

Dan nakon svog 50. rođendana popela sam se u rusku kapsulu

I climbed aboard a Russian capsule,

in Russia,

u Rusiji

and launched into space.

i lansirali su nas u svemir.

Launching is the most dangerous thing that we do,

Lansiranje je nešto najopasnije što činimo, ali i najuzbudljivije.

and it's also the most thrilling.

Three, two, one ... liftoff!

Tri, dva, jedan... Polijećemo!

I felt every single bit of the controlled fury of those rocket engines

Osjetila sam svaki drhtaj kontroliranoga bijesa raketnih motora

as they blasted us off the Earth.

koji su nas odbacili sa Zemlje.

We went faster and faster and faster,

Postajali smo sve brži i brži,

until, after eight and a half minutes, on purpose, those engines stop --

sve dok se, nakon osam i pol minuta, prema planu, ti motori nisu zaustavili.

kabunk! --

Puf!

and we are weightless.

Našli smo se u bestežinskom stanju.

And the mission and the magic begin.

Misija i čarolija su započeli.

Dmitry and Paolo and I are circling the Earth

Dimitrij, Paolo i ja kružili smo oko Zemlje u svojoj sićušnoj letjelici,

in our tiny spacecraft,

approaching the space station carefully.

pažljivo se približavajući svemirskoj postaji.

It's an intricate dance at 17,500 miles an hour

To je zamršeni ples pri više od 28.000 km/h

between our capsule, the size of a Smart Car,

između naše kapsule veličine automobila Smart

and the space station, the size of a football field.

i svemirske postaje veličine nogometnog igrališta.

We arrive when those two craft dock with a gentle thunk.

Dolazimo kad te dvije letjelice pristanu uz nježni sudar.

We open the hatches,

Otvaramo prolaze,

have sloppy zero-G hugs with each other,

tapšamo se i nespretno grlimo pri nultoj gravitaciji

and now we're six.

i sad nas je šestoro.

We're a space family, an instant family.

Mi smo svemirska obitelj, instant obitelj.

My favorite part about living up there

Najbolje od svega što sam gore doživjela za mene je letenje.

was the flying.

I loved it.

Bilo mi je super. Osjećala sam se kao Petar Pan.

It was like being Peter Pan.

It's not about floating.

Ne radi se o plutanju.

Just the touch of a finger

Samo jedan dodir prsta

can actually push you across the entire space station,

može vas zbilja odgurnuti kroz čitavu svemirsku postaju,

and then you sort of tuck in with your toes.

i onda se nekako dočekate vrhom nožnih prstiju.

One of my favorite things was drifting silently

Jedna od meni najdražih stvari bila je tiho kliziti kroz svemirsku postaju

through the space station,

which was humming along at night.

koja je jurila kroz noć.

I wondered sometimes if it knew I was there,

Katkad sam se pitala zna li ona da sam tu,

just silent.

u tišini.

But sharing the wonder of that with the crew

No i razgovor o tom čudu s posadom dio je onoga što mi je bilo važno.

was also part of what was important to me.

A typical day in space starts with the perfect commute.

Tipičan dan u svemiru počinje savršenim putovanjem na posao.

I wake up, cruise down the lab

Probudim se, otklizim u laboratorij

and say hello to the best morning view ever.

i pozdravim najbolji mogući jutarnji pogled.

It's a really fast commute, only 30 seconds,

To je stvarno brzo putovanje, samo 30 sekundi,

and we never get tired of looking out that window.

i nikad nam ne dosadi gledanje kroz taj prozor.

I think it reminds us that we're actually still very close to Earth.

Mislim kako nas podsjeća da smo zapravo još vrlo blizu Zemlji.

Our crew was the second ever to use the Canadian robotic arm

Naša posada bila je druga koja je koristila kanadsku robotsku ruku

to capture a supply ship the size of a school bus

za hvatanje dostavnog broda veličine školskog autobusa

containing about a dozen different experiments

koji je sadržavao desetak različitih eksperimenata

and the only chocolate that we would see for the next four months.

i jedinu čokoladu koju ćemo vidjeti tijekom iduća četiri mjeseca.

Now, chocolate aside, every single one of those experiments

Čokoladu na stranu, svaki od tih eksperimenata

enables yet one more scientific question answered

daje odgovor na još jedno znanstveno pitanje

that we can't do down here on Earth.

do kojeg ne možemo doći ovdje dolje na Zemlji.

And so, it's like a different lens,

To je poput različitih leća pomoću kojih možemo uvidjeti odgovore na pitanja kao:

allowing us to see the answers to questions like,

"What about combustion?"

"Što je s izgaranjem?"

"What about fluid dynamics?"

"Što je s dinamikom fluida?"

Now, sleeping is delightful.

A spavanje je predivno.

My favorite -- I mean, you could be upside down, right side up --

Vi biste možda obrnuto, ili na lijevom boku,

no ja volim spavati sklupčana u malu loptu i slobodno lebdjeti.

my favorite: curled up in a little ball and floating freely.

Laundry? Nope.

Pranje rublja? Ma kakvi!

We load our dirty clothes into an empty supply ship

Mi ukrcamo svoje prljavo rublje u praznu dostavnu letjelicu

and send it off into space.

i pošaljemo ga u svemir.

The bathroom.

Kupaonica. To svakoga zanima.

Everyone wants to know.

It's hard to understand, so I made a little video,

Teško je za razumjeti pa sam pripremila kratki video.

because I wanted kids to understand

Htjela sam da djeca shvate da vakuum spašava stvar

that the principle of vacuum saves the day

and that just a gentle breeze helps everything go

i da je tek blagi dašak dovoljan da sve ode kamo treba.

where it is supposed to.

Well, in real life it does.

Dobro, u pravom životu bude tako.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Recycling? Of course.

Recikliranje? Naravno.

So we take our urine, we store it, we filter it and then we drink it.

Uzimamo svoju mokraću, skladištimo je, filtriramo i zatim pijemo.

And it's actually delicious.

Zapravo je vrlo ukusna.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Sitting around the table,

Sjedimo oko stola,

eating food that looks bad but actually tastes pretty good.

jedemo hranu koja loše izgleda, no zapravo je dobrog okusa.

But it's the gathering around the table that's important,

Ali ono što je važno je okupljanje oko stola,

I think both in space and on Earth,

kako u svemiru, tako i na Zemlji.

because that's what cements a crew together.

To je ono što učvršćuje zajedništvo posade.

For me, music was a way to stay connected to the rest of the world.

Meni je glazba bila način da ostanem povezana s ostatkom svijeta.

I played a duet between Earth and space

Svirala sam duet između Zemlje i svemira s Ianom Andersonom iz grupe Jethro Tull

with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

on the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.

prigodom 50. obljetnice prvog ljudskog leta u svemir.

Connecting to family was so important.

Povezanost s obitelji bila je jako važna.

I talked with my family almost every day the whole time I was up there,

Razgovarala sam sa svojom obitelji skoro svaki dan dok sam bila gore,

and I would actually read books to my son as a way for us just to be together.

a sinu sam čitala knjige da na taj način budemo zajedno.

So important.

To je jako važno.

Now, when the space station would go over Massachusetts,

A kad bi svemirska postaja prelijetala Massachusetts,

my family would run outside,

moja bi obitelj istrčala van i gledala kako najsjajnija zvijezda plovi nebom.

and they would watch the brightest star sailing across the sky.

And when I looked down, I couldn't see my house,

Ja bih gledala dolje i ne bih mogla vidjeti svoju kuću,

but it meant a lot to me to know that the people I loved the most

ali mnogo mi je značila spoznaja da ljudi koje najviše volim

were looking up while I was looking down.

gledaju gore dok ja gledam dolje.

So the space station, for me, is the place where mission and magic come together.

Svemirska postaja za mene je bila mjesto spajanja misije i čarolije.

The mission, the work are vital steps

Ta misija, taj posao predstavlja nužne korake

in our quest to go further than our planet

u nastojanju da odemo dalje od svog planeta

and imperative for understanding sustainability here on Earth.

i neophodna je za razumijevanje održivosti ovdje na Zemlji.

I loved being a part of that,

Bilo mi je drago biti dijelom toga.

and if I could have taken my family with me,

Da sam sa sobom mogla povesti i svoju obitelj,

I never would have come home.

ne bih se nikad vratila kući.

And so my view from the station showed me

Moj pogled iz postaje naučio me da svi dolazimo iz istog mjesta.

that we are all from the same place.

We all have our roles to play.

Svi imamo svoju ulogu.

Because, the Earth is our ship.

Naime, Zemlja je naš brod.

Space is our home.

Svemir je naš dom.

And we are the crew of Spaceship Earth.

A svi smo posada Svemirskoga broda Zemlja.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)