What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield | TED

Translator: Eva Hoxha Reviewer: Iris Xholi

What's the scariest thing you've ever done?

Cila eshte gjeja me e frikshme qe keni bere ndonjehere?

Or another way to say it is,

Ose nje menyre tjeter per te thene kete eshte,

what's the most dangerous thing that you've ever done?

cila eshte gjeja me e rrezikshme qe keni bere ndonjehere?

And why did you do it?

Dhe perse e bete ate?

I know what the most dangerous thing is

Une, e di se cila esht gjeja me e rrezikshme qe

that I've ever done

qe kam bere ndonjehere

because NASA does the math.

sepse NASA i ka bere llogaritjet.

You look back to the first five shuttle launches,

Shikoni pas tek pese leshimet e para te anijeve kozmike,

the odds of a catastrophic event

gjasat qe te ndodhte nje ngjarje katastrofike

during the first five shuttle launches

gjate pese leshimeve te para

was one in nine.

ishin nje ne nente.

And even when I first flew in the shuttle

Madje edhe kur une fluturova per here te pare me anije kozmike

back in 1995, 74 shuttle flight,

ne 1995, fluturimi i 74 me anije kozmike,

the odds were still now that we look back

gjasat ishin, tani qe ne shohim pas,

about one in 38 or so -- one in 35, one in 40.

rreth nje ne 38, nje ne 35, nje ne 40

Not great odds, so it's a really interesting day

Jo nje rastesi e madhe, keshtu qe eshte nje dite shume interesante

when you wake up at the Kennedy Space Center

kur zgjohesh ne Qendren Hapesinore Kenedi

and you're going to go to space that day

dhe ti e kupton se do shkosh ne hapesire ate dite

because you realize by the end of the day

sepse nga fundi i saj ti kupton

you're either going to be floating effortlessly, gloriously in space,

se do te jesh ose duke fluturuar, lehtesisht dhe triumfues ne hapesire,

or you'll be dead.

ose do te vdesesh.

You go into, at the Kennedy Space Center,

Ti shkon, ne Qendren Hapesinore Kenedi,

the suit-up room,

ne dhomen e kostumeve,

the same room that our childhood heroes

ne te njejten dhome ku heronjte e tu te femijerise

got dressed in,

visheshin,

that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got suited in

aty ku jane veshur dhe Neil Armstrong dhe Buzz Aldrin

to go ride the Apollo rocket to the moon.

per te shkuar ne Hene me anijen Apollo.

And I got my pressure suit built around me

Dhe kam rreth meje kostumin e presionit

and rode down outside in the van

dhe dal jashte me furgon

heading out to the launchpad --

e i drejtohem vendit te nisjes--

in the Astro van -- heading out to the launchpad,

ne furgonin Astro -- duke u drejtuar drejt vendit te nisjes,

and as you come around the corner

dhe teksa kthehesh ne kthinen

at the Kennedy Space Center,

e Qendres Hapesinore Kenedi,

it's normally predawn, and in the distance,

eshte normalisht para agimit, dhe ne distance,

lit up by the huge xenon lights,

ndricuar nga drita te stermedha neoni,

is your spaceship --

eshte anija jote kozmike --

the vehicle that is going to take you off the planet.

mjeti qe do te largoje nga planeti.

The crew is sitting in the Astro van

Ekuipazhi eshte ulur ne furgonin Astro

sort of hushed, almost holding hands,

te heshtur, pothuaj te kapur perdore

looking at that as it gets bigger and bigger.

duke pare ate qe po behet gjithmone e me e madhe

We ride the elevator up

ne ngjitemi siper me ashensor

and we crawl in, on your hands and knees

dhe perkulemi, kembadorazi

into the spaceship, one at a time,

drejt anijes kozmike, njeri pas tjetrit,

and you worm your way up

dhe zhvendosesh

into your chair and plunk yourself down

drejt karriges tende dhe perthyhesh

on your back.

mbrapa.

And the hatch is closed,

Dhe kapanxha eshte mbyllur,

and suddenly,

dhe papritmas,

what has been a lifetime of both dreams and denial

ajo qe ka qene gjate gjithe jetes enderra dhe refuzime

is becoming real,

po behet realitet,

something that I dreamed about,

dicka per te cilen une kam enderruar,

in fact, that I chose to do when I was nine years old,

ne fakt, ajo qe une zgjodha te bej kur isha nente vjec,

is now suddenly within not too many minutes

tani papritmas per disa minuta

of actually happening.

do te ndodhe ne te vertete.

In the astronaut business --

Ne biznesin e astronauteve--

the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle;

anija kozmike eshte nje mjet shume i komplikuar;

it's the most complicated flying machine ever built.

eshte makina fluturuese me e komplikuar e ndertuar ndonjehere.

And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is,

Ne biznesin e astronauteve, ne kemi nje thenie, e cila eshte,

there is no problem so bad

nuk ka problem kaq te keq

that you can't make it worse.

qe ti nuk mund ta besh edhe me keq.

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

And so you're very conscious in the cockpit;

Dhe keshtu jeni i ndergjegjshem ne kabine;

you're thinking about all of the things

po mendoni per te gjitha gjerat

that you might have to do,

qe do te beni,

all the switches and all the wickets you have to go through.

te gjtha celesat dhe hapat qe duhet te kaloni.

And as the time gets closer and closer,

Dhe nderkohe qe koha afrohet

this excitement is building.

emocionet shtohen.

And then about three and a half minutes before launch,

Dhe tre minuta e gjysem perpara leshimit,

the huge nozzles on the back,

hunda e madhe ne pjesen e pasme,

like the size of big church bells,

me permasat e zileve te medha te kishave,

swing back and forth

lekundet para dhe mbrapa

and the mass of them is such

dhe masa e tyre eshte kaq e madhe

that it sways the whole vehicle,

sa lekund te gjithe mjetin,

like the vehicle is alive underneath you,

sikur mjeti te ishte gjalle poshte teje,

like an elephant getting up off its knees or something.

ashtu si nje elefant qe ngrihet ne gjunje.

And then about 30 seconds before launch,

Dhe me pas, 30 sekonda perpara leshimit,

the vehicle is completely alive --

anija eshte plotesisht e gjalle --

it is ready to go --

gati per tu nisur --

the APUs are running,

APU po punojne,

the computers are all self-contained,

kompjuterat jane vete-funksionues

it's ready to leave the planet.

gati per tu larguar nga planeti.

And 15 seconds before launch, this happens:

Dhe 15 sekonda perpara leshimit ndodh kjo:

(Video) Voice: 12, 11, 10,

(Video) Zeri: 12, 11, 10,

nine, eight, seven, six --

nente, tete, shtate, gjashte --

(Space shuttle preparing for takeoff)

(Anija kozmike pergatitet per t'u ngritur)

-- start, two, one,

-- fillo, dy, nje,

booster ignition, and liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery,

ndizen motoret, dhe ngrihet anija kozmike Discovery,

returning to the space station, paving the way ...

duke u kthyer tek stacioni hapesinor, duke hapur rrugen

(Space shuttle taking off)

(Anija kozmike po ngrihet)

Chris Hadfield: It is incredibly powerful

CH: Eshte pabesueshmerisht e fuqishme

to be on board one of these things.

te jesh ne bord te njeres prej ketyre gjerave.

You are in the grip of something

Ju jeni ne kthetrat e dickaje

that is vastly more powerful than yourself.

qe eshte me e fuqishme sesa ju.

It's shaking you so hard you can't focus

Po te lekund kaq fort saqe nuk mund te fokusohesh

on the instruments in front of you.

tek instrumentat perpara teje.

It's like you're in the jaws of some enormous dog

Eshte sikur te jesh tek nofullat e nje qeni shume te madh

and there's a foot in the small of your back

dhe eshte nje kembe mbrapa kurrizit tend

pushing you into space,

qe te shtyn drejt hapesires,

accelerating wildly straight up,

e cila e shton shpejtesine drejt,

shouldering your way through the air,

duke te shtyre drejt ajrit,

and you're in a very complex place --

dhe ti je ne nje vend shume kompleks--

paying attention, watching the vehicle

duke i kushtuar vemendje, duke pare mjetin

go through each one of its wickets

duke kaluar nje e nga nje secilen prej tyre

with a steadily increasing smile on your face.

me nje buzeqeshje gjithmone e ne rritje ne fytyren tende.

After two minutes, those solid rockets explode off

Pas dy minutash, ato raketa te qendrueshme shperthejne

and then you just have the liquid engines,

dhe me pas ke vetem motoret e lengshem,

the hydrogen and oxygen,

hidrogjenin dhe oksigjenin,

and it's as if you're in a dragster

eshte sikur te jeni ne nje pershpejtues

with your foot to the floor

me kembet ne dysheme

and accelerating like you've never accelerated.

dhe duke e rritur shpejtesine pa e perdorur pershpejtuesin.

You get lighter and lighter,

Behesh gjithmone e me i lehte,

the force gets on us heavier and heavier.

forcat behen gjithmone e me te forta.

It feels like

Ndjehet sikur

someone's pouring cement on you or something.

dikush po hedh cimento mbi ty ose dicka te ngjashme.

Until finally,

Dhe ne fund,

after about eight minutes and 40 seconds or so,

pas rreth tete minutash e 40 seconda

we are finally at exactly the right altitude,

ne jemi me ne fund ne lartesine ekzakte,

exactly the right speed,

me shpejtesine ekzakte,

the right direction, the engine shut off,

ne drejtimin e duhur, motoret jane fikur,

and we're weightless.

dhe ne jemi te papeshe.

And we're alive.

Dhe ne jemi gjalle.

It's an amazing experience.

Eshte nje ekperience e pabesueshme.

But why would we take that risk?

Por perse do ta ndermerrnim nje risk te tille?

Why would you do something that dangerous?

Pse do ta benit nje gje kaq te rrezikshme?

In my case the answer is fairly straightforward.

Ne rastin tim pergjigja eshte e drejteperdrejte.

I was inspired as a youngster

Une jam inspiruar qe ne femijeri

that this was what I wanted to do.

se kjo ishte ajo qe doja te beja.

I watched the first people walk on the moon

Shikoja njerezit e pare qe shkuan ne hene

and to me, it was just an obvious thing --

dhe per mua ishte nje gje e qarte --

I want to somehow turn myself into that.

Doja qe ne njefare menyre te kthehesha ne dicka te tille.

But the real question is,

Por pyetja reale eshte,

how do you deal with the danger of it

sesi e perballon nje rrezik te tille

and the fear that comes from it?

dhe friken qe vjen me te?

How do you deal with fear versus danger?

Sesi perballesh me friken kunder rrezikut?

And having the goal in mind, thinking about where it might lead,

Dhe te kesh nje qellim ne koke, te mendosh se ku do te te coje kjo,

directed me to a life of

me ka drejtuar mua ne nje jete qe

looking at all of the small details to allow

e shikoja te gjitha detajet e vogla

this to become possible,

qe te lejoja qe kjo te behej e mundur,

to be able to launch and go help build a space station

te mund te leshohesha e te shkoja te ndihmoj ne ndertimin e stacionit hapesinor

where you are on board a million-pound creation

kudo ku je ne bordin e nje krijimi me nje peshe prej 450 mije kg

that's going around the world at five miles a second,

qe shkon perrreth botes me nje shpejtesi 5 milje ne sekonde,

eight kilometers a second,

tete kilometra ne sekonde

around the world 16 times a day,

perreth botes 16 here ne dite,

with experiments on board that are teaching us

me eksperimente ne borde te cilet na mesojne

what the substance of the universe is made of

se nga cfare substancash eshte i perbere universi

and running 200 experiments inside.

dhe te realizosh 200 ekperimente brenda.

But maybe even more importantly,

Por ajo qe ka edhe me shume rendesi,

allowing us to see the world in a way

e cila na lejon ne te shikojme boten ne nje menyre

that is impossible through any other means,

qe eshte e pamundur nepermjet menyrave te tjera,

to be able to look down

te jemi ne gjendje te shohim poshte

and have -- if your jaw could drop, it would --

dhe te kemi--nese nofullat tuaja mund te binin, do te binin--

the jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the turning orb

renia e nofullave ne orbiten rrotulluese magjepese

like a self-propelled art gallery of fantastic,

si nje galeri fantasike arti vetelevizese,

constantly changing beauty that is the world itself.

e cila ne menyre konstante ndryshon bukurine qe eshte vete bota.

And you see, because of the speed,

Dhe per shkak te shpejtesise, ju shikoni

a sunrise or a sunset every 45 minutes

nje lindje dhe nje perendim dielli cdo 45 minuta

for half a year.

per gjysme e vitit.

And the most magnificent part of all that

Dhe pjesa me magjike e gjithe kesaj eshte

is to go outside on a spacewalk.

te shkosh jashte per nje ecje ne hapesire.

You are in a one-person spaceship

Je ne nje anije kozmike per nje person

that is your spacesuit,

qe eshte kostumi yt,

and you're going through space with the world.

dhe po shkon rreth hapesires bashke me boten.

It's an entirely different perspective,

Eshte nje perspektive plotesisht ndryshe,

you're not looking up at the universe,

ti nuk po shikon universin,

you and the Earth are going through the universe together.

ti dhe Toka po shkoni drejt universit se bashku.

And you're holding on with one hand,

Dhe je duke u mbajtur me nje dore,

looking at the world turn beside you.

duke veshtruar boten e cila rrotullohet prane teje.

It's roaring silently

Eshte nje zhurme e shurdhet

with color and texture as it pours by

me ngjyra dhe tekstura te cilat derdhen

mesmerizingly next to you.

duke te te hipnotizuar.

And if you can tear your eyes away from that

Dhe nese mundesh te largosh syte nga kjo

and you look under your arm

dhe sheh poshte krahut tend

down at the rest of everything,

poshte gjithckaje,

it's unfathomable blackness,

eshte nje erresire e padepertueshme,

with a texture you feel like you could stick your hand into.

me nje teksture te cilen e ndjen sikur mund te vendosesh duart ne te.

and you are holding on with one hand,

dhe ti po mbahesh me nje dore,

one link to the other seven billion people.

dhe tjetra te lidh me shtate miliard njerez.

And I was outside on my first spacewalk

Une isha jashte ne shetitjen time te pare ne hapesire

when my left eye went blind,

kur u verbova ne syrin tim te majte,

and I didn't know why.

dhe nuk e dija pse.

Suddenly my left eye slammed shut

Papritmas syri im i majte u erresua

in great pain

ne dhimbje te medha

and I couldn't figure out why my eye wasn't working.

dhe nuk mund te zbuloja se pse syri im nuk po punonte.

I was thinking, what do I do next?

Po mendoja, cfare te bej tani?

I thought, well maybe that's why we have two eyes,

Mendova, prandaj kemi dy sy,

so I kept working.

keshtu qe vazhdova te punoja.

But unfortunately, without gravity,

Por fatkeqesisht, pa gravitet,

tears don't fall.

lotet nuk bien.

So you just get a bigger and bigger ball of whatever that is

Keshtu qe merr nje top gjithmone e me te madh apo cfaredo qe eshte

mixed with your tears on your eye

te perzier me lotet e tu

until eventually, the ball becomes so big

derisa rrjedhimisht, topi behet gjithmone e me i madh

that the surface tension takes it across the bridge of your nose

saqe tensioni i siperfaqjes e con ate drejt hundes tende

like a tiny little waterfall

si nje ujvare te vogel

and goes "goosh" into your other eye,

dhe shkon "drejt" ne syrin tjeter,

and now I was completely blind

dhe tani isha komplet i verbuar

outside the spaceship.

jashte anijes kozmike.

So what's the scariest thing you've ever done?

E pra, cila eshte gjeja me e frikshme qe keni bere ndonjehere?

(Laughter)

(Te qeshura)

Maybe it's spiders.

Ndoshta jane merimangat.

A lot of people are afraid of spiders.

Shume njerez kane frike nga merimangat.

I think you should be afraid of spiders --

Une mendoj se duhet te keni frike nga merimangat --

spiders are creepy and they've got long, hairy legs,

merimangat jane te frikshme dhe kane kembe te gjata, me push

and spiders like this one, the brown recluse --

dhe merimanga si kjo, merimanga violine -- eshte e tmerrshme.

it's horrible. If a brown recluse bites you,

Nese nje merimange e tille ju pickon,

you end with one of these horrible, big necrotic things

perfundon me ndonje nga keto gjerat nekrotike te tmerrshme

on your leg

ne kemben tuaj

and there might be one right now

dhe mund te jete njera tani

sitting on the chair behind you, in fact.

e ulur ne karrigen mbrapa jush ne fakt.

And how do you know?

Dhe si e dini?

And so a spider lands on you,

Keshtu qe nje merimange te pickon

and you go through this great, spasmy attack

dhe ti shkon drejt kesaj gjeje fantastike, nje atak spazme

because spiders are scary.

sepse merimangat jane te frikshme.

But then you could say, well is there a brown recluse

Pastaj ju mund te thoni, eshte nje merimange violine

sitting on the chair beside me or not?

e ulur ne karrigen pas meje apo jo?

I don't know. Are there brown recluses here?

Nuk e di. A ka merimanga violine ketu?

So if you actually do the research, you find out that

Nese beni kerkim, do te zbuloni se

in the world there are about 50,000 different types of spiders,

ne bote ka rreth 50 mije lloje te ndryshme merimangash,

and there are about two dozen that are venomous

dhe ka rreth dy dyzina te cilat jane helmuese

out of 50,000.

nga 50 mije.

And if you're in Canada, because of the cold winters

Dhe nese je ne Kanada, per shkak te dimrave te ftohte

here in B.C., there's about 720, 730 different types of spiders

perpara lindjes se Krishtit, ishin rreth 720, 730 tipe te ndryshme merimangash

and there's one -- one --

dhe ja ku eshte nje -- nje --

that is venomous,

qe eshte helmuese,

and its venom isn't even fatal,

dhe helmi i saj nuk eshte fatal,

it's just kind of like a nasty sting.

eshte thjesht nje shpim i shpifur.

And that spider -- not only that,

Dhe ajo merimange -- jo vetem kaq,

but that spider has beautiful markings on it,

po merimanga ka shenja te bukura, eshte si "une jam e rrezikshme,

it's like "I'm dangerous. I got a big radiation symbol on my back, it's the black widow."

kam nje simbol te madh rrrezatimi ne shpine, eshte vejusha e zeze."

So, if you're even slightly careful

Keshtu qe nese je pak i kujdesshem

you can avoid running into the one spider --

mund te shmangesh te ndeshesh me nje merimange --

and it lives close the ground,

ajo ndodhet ne dysheme,

you're walking along, you are never going to go through

ti po ecen aty, ti nuk do te ndeshesh kurre

a spider web where a black widow bites you.

me nje rrjete merimange kur nje merimange e zeze te pickon.

Spider webs like this, it doesn't build those,

Rrjeta te tilla te merimangave, nuk i nderton ato siper,

it builds them down in the corners.

i nderton ato poshte neper cepa.

And its a black widow because

Dhe eshte merimange e zeze sepse

the female spider eats the male;

merimanga e zeze ha merimangen mashkull;

it doesn't care about you.

nuk interesohet per ty.

So in fact,

Keshtu ne fakt,

the next time you walk into a spiderweb,

heren tjeter qe do te ecesh ne nje rrjet merimange,

you don't need to panic and go with your caveman reaction.

nuk duhet te shkosh ne panik dhe te reagosh si nje njeri shpelle.

The danger is entirely different than the fear.

Rreziku eshte totalisht i ndryshem nga frika,

How do you get around it, though?

Si sillesh ti, pavaresisht?

How do you change your behavior?

Si e ndryshon sjelljen tende?

Well, next time you see a spiderweb,

Heren tjeter qe ndeshesh me nje rrjete merimange,

have a good look, make sure it's not a black widow spider,

shikoje mire, sigurohu qe nuk eshte nje merimange e zeze,

and then walk into it.

dhe me pas ec mbi te.

And then you see another spiderweb

Dhe me pas shikon nje rrjete tjeter merimange

and walk into that one.

dhe ecen mbi te perseri.

It's just a little bit of fluffy stuff. It's not a big deal.

Eshte thjesht nje gje me gezof. Nuk eshte nje gje kushedi cfare.

And the spider that may come out is no more threat to you than a lady bug

Dhe merimanga qe mund te dale prej saj nuk eshte nje kercenim per ty

or a butterfly.

sesa c'eshte nje buburrec apo nje flutur.

And then I guarantee you if you walk through 100 spiderwebs

Dhe me pas une ju garantoj se nese ecni drejt 100 rrjeta merimangash

you will have changed

ti do te kesh ndryshuar

your fundamental human behavior,

sjelljen tende themelore njerezore,

your caveman reaction,

reagimin tend si njeri shpelle,

and you will now be able to walk in the park in the morning

dhe tani do te jesh ne gjendje te ecesh ne park ne mengjes

and not worry about that spiderweb --

dhe te mos shqetesohesh nga rrjetat e merimangave --

or into your grandma's attic or whatever,

apo ne qilarin e gjyshes apo kudo,

into your own basement.

ne bodrumin tend.

And you can apply this to anything.

Dhe mund ta perdoresh kete kudo.

If you're outside on a spacewalk and you're blinded,

Nese ecen ne hapesire dhe je i verber,

your natural reaction would be to panic, I think.

reagimi yt me natyror do te jete paniku, mendoj.

It would make you nervous and worried.

Do te te bej ty nervoz dhe do te te shqetesoje.

But we had considered all the venom,

Por ne kemi marre ne konsiderate te gjithe helmin,

and we had practiced with a whole variety of different spiderwebs.

dhe jemi praktikuar me lloje te ndryshme dhe te shumellojshme rrjete merimangash.

We knew everything there is to know

Ne dime gjithcka qe eshte per tu ditur

about the spacesuit

per kostumet hapesinore

and we trained underwater thousands of times.

dhe jemi trajnuar nen uje me mijera here.

And we don't just practice things going right,

dhe ne nuk praktikohemi me gjerat qe shkojne mire,

we practice things going wrong all the time,

ne praktikohemi me gjera qe shkojne keq gjate gjithe kohes,

so that you are constantly walking through those spiderwebs.

keshtu qe jeni gjate gjithe kohes duke ecur mbi keto rrjeta merimangash

And not just underwater, but also in virtual reality labs

Dhe jo vetem nen uje, por edhe ne laboratore me nje realitet virtual

with the helmet and the gloves

me helmeta dhe me dorashka

so you feel like it's realistic.

keshtu qe ju e ndjeni qe eshte reale.

So when you finally actually get outside on a spacewalk,

Keshtu qe kur me ne fund del me te vertete ne hapesire,

it feels much different than it would

do te ndjehej shume here me ndryshe sesa do te ndjehej

if you just went out first time.

nese shkon per here te pare.

And even if you're blinded,

dhe nese ti je i verber,

your natural, panicky reaction doesn't happen.

reagimi yt natyror, paniku nuk ndodh.

Instead you kind of look around and go,

Ne te kundert ti shikon rreth e rrotull dhe e le kete,

"Okay, I can't see,

"Mire, une nuk mund te shoh,

but I can hear, I can talk,

por mund te degjoj, mund te eci,

Scott Parazynski is out here with me.

Scott Parazynski eshte atje jashte me mua.

He could come over and help me."

Ai mund te vije dhe te me ndihmoje."

We actually practiced incapacitated crew rescue,

Ne te vertete kemi praktikuar shpetim ekuipazhi te paafte

so he could float me like a blimp

keshtu qe ai mund te vinte tek une si nje aeroplan

and stuff me into the airlock if he had to.

dhe te me conte ne kabine nese duhej.

I could find my own way back.

Ose mund te gjeja rrugen time te kthimit.

It's not nearly as big a deal.

Nuk ishte dhe aq shume e veshtire.

And actually, if you keep on crying for a while,

Dhe ne te vertete, nese vazhdon te qash per pak kohe,

whatever that gunk was that's in your eye starts to dilute

cfaredo mase qe ishte tek syri yt fillon te tretet

and you can start to see again,

dhe ti fillon te shikosh perseri,

and Houston, if you negotiate with them,

dhe Houston, nese mund te negociosh me ta,

they will let you then keep working.

ata mund te te lejojne te vazhdosh te punosh.

We finished everything on the spacewalk

Ne perfunduam cdo gje ne hapesire

and when we came back inside,

dhe me pas kur u kthyem brenda,

Jeff got some cotton batting and took the crusty stuff around my eyes,

Jeff mori disa kunja me pambuk dhe hoqi ate gjene e forte nga syri im,

and it turned out it was just the anti-fog,

dhe doli se ishte vetem kunder-mjegull,

sort of a mixture of oil and soap, that got in my eye.

nje perzierje vaji dhe sapuni, qe shkoi tek syri im.

And now we use Johnson's No More Tears,

Dhe tani perdorim Johnson Pa Lot,

which we probably should've been using

te cilet duhet ta kishim perdorur

right from the very beginning. (Laughter)

qe nga fillimi. (Te qeshura)

But the key to that is

Por celesi i kesaj eshte

by looking at the difference

duke pare diferencen

between perceived danger and actual danger,

ndermjet rrezikut te perceptuar dhe atij te vertete,

where is the real risk?

cili eshte rreziku i vertete?

What is the real thing that you should be afraid of?

Cila eshte gjeja e vertete nga e cila duhet te kesh frike?

Not just a generic fear of bad things happening.

Jo vetem nje frike e pergjithshme e gjerave te keqinja qe mund te ndodhin.

You can fundamentally change your reaction to things

Ne menyre rrenjesore mund te ndryshosh reagimin tend ndaj gjerave

so that it allows you to go places

keshtu qe te lejon te shkosh ne vende

and see things and do things

dhe te besh dhe te shikosh gjera

that otherwise would be completely denied to you ...

qe ne te kundertetn do te ishin komplet te ndaluara per ty

where you could see the hardpan south of the Sahara,

ku mund te shikosh token e Jugut te Saharase,

or you can see New York City

mund te shikosh New York City

in a way that is almost dreamlike,

ne nje menyre qe eshte pothuaj enderr,

or the unconscious gingham of Eastern Europe fields

ose fushat me kuadrate te Evropes Lindore

or the Great Lakes

ose Liqenet e Medha

as a collection of small puddles.

si nje koleksion pellgjesh te vogla.

You can see the fault lines of San Francisco

Mund te shikosh linjat e gureve ne San Francisco

and the way the water pours out under the bridge,

dhe menyra sesi uji rrjedh nen ure,

just entirely different

pothuaj ne menyre te ndryshme

than any other way that you could have

sesa cdo menyre tjeter qe ti mund

if you had not found a way to conquer your fear.

nese ti nuk do te kishe gjetur nje menyre per te pushtuar frikat e tua.

You see a beauty that otherwise

Mund te shikosh nje bukuri qe ne te kundertetn

never would have happened.

nuk do te kishte ndodhur kurre.

It's time to come home at the end.

Eshte koha per tu kthyer ne shtepi me ne fund.

This is our spaceship,

Kjo eshte anija jone kozmike,

the Soyuz, that little one.

Soyuz, ajo e vogla.

Three of us climb in,

Tre nga ne ngjiten ne te,

and then this spaceship detaches from the station

dhe me pas kjo anije kozmike largohet nga stacioni

and falls into the atmosphere.

dhe bie ne atmosfere.

These two parts here

Keto dy pjese ketu

actually melt, we jettison them and they burn up

ne te vertete shkrihen, ne i hedhim ato dhe me pas i djegim

in the atmosphere.

ne atmosfere.

The only part that survives is the little bullet

E vetmja pjese qe mbijeton eshte plumbi i vogel

that we're riding in,

qe ne kemi hipur,

and it falls into the atmosphere,

dhe bie ne atmosfere,

and in essence

dhe ne esence

you are riding a meteorite home,

ne i kemi hipur nje meteoriti per ne shtepi,

and riding meteorites is scary,

dhe te hipesh mbi meteorite eshte e frikshme,

and it ought to be.

si duhet te jete.

But instead of riding into the atmosphere

Por ne te kundert nga fluturimi ne atmosfere

just screaming, like you would

duke uleritur, si do te beje

if suddenly you found yourself riding a meteorite

paprimtas e gjen veten duke fluturuar mbi nje meteorit

back to Earth -- (Laughter) --

drejt tokes -- (Te qeshura) --

instead, 20 years previously

ne vend te kesaj, 20 vjet me pare

we had started studying Russian,

ne kemi filluar te studiojme rusisht,

and then once you learn Russian, then we

dhe pasi mesuam rusishten,

learned orbital mechanics in Russian,

mesuam mekaniken orbitale ne rusisht,

and then we learned vehicle control theory,

dhe me pas mesuam teorine e kontrollit te pajisjeve,

and then we got into the simulator

dhe me pas shkuam tek stimuluesi

and practiced over and over and over again.

dhe u praktikuam perseri e perseri me rradhe.

And in fact, you can fly this meteorite

Dhe ne fakt mund te fluturosh kete meteorit

and steer it and land in about a 15-kilometer circle

dhe e drejton dhe ulesh me nje rreze prej 15 kilometrash

anywhere on the Earth.

kudo ne toke.

So in fact, when our crew was coming back

Keshtu ne fakt, nderkohe qe ekuipazhi yt po vinte prape

into the atmosphere inside the Soyuz,

ne atmosferen brenda ne Soyuz,

we weren't screaming, we were laughing;

ne nuk po bertisnim, po qeshnim

it was fun.

ishte qejf.

And when the great big parachute opened,

Dhe kur parashuta e madhe u hap,

we knew that if it didn't open

ne e dinim se nese nuk hapej

there's a second parachute,

atehere ishte nje parashute e dyte,

and it runs on a nice little clockwork mechanism.

qe do te hapej ne nje mekanizem te vogel ore.

So we came back, we came thundering back

Keshtu qe ne erdhem, ne erdhem perseri

to Earth and this is what it looked like

ne Toke dhe keshtu ishte te ulesh

to land in a Soyuz, in Kazakhstan.

ne Soyuz, ne Kazakistan.

(Video) Reporter: And you can see one of those

(Video) Reporteri: Dhe ti mund te shikosh nje nga ato

search and recovery helicopters, once again

helikopteret e kerkimit, edhe njehere

that helicopter part of dozen such Russian

nje helikopter pjese e nje dyzine si

Mi-8 helicopters.

helikopteret Mi-8 ruse.

Touchdown -- 3:14 and 48 seconds,

Ulja -- 3:14 dhe 48 sekonda,

a.m. Central Time.

paradite, Central Time.

CH: And you roll to a stop

CH: Dhe ti shkon tek nje ndalese

as if someone threw your spaceship at the ground

sikur ndonjeri e hodhi anijen tone ne toke

and it tumbles end over end,

dhe ajo rrokulliset,

but you're ready for it

por ti je gati per kete

you're in a custom-built seat,

ti je ne nje sedilje te ndertuar per ty,

you know how the shock absorber works.

ti e di sesi punon absorbuesi.

And then eventually the Russians reach in,

Dhe kur me ne fund vijne ruset,

drag you out,

te nxjerrin jashte,

plunk you into a chair,

te vendosin ne nje karrige,

and you can now look back at

dhe tani ti mund te shikosh pas

what was an incredible experience.

tek ajo eksperience e paimagjinueshme.

You have taken the dreams of that

Ti ke marre enderrat

nine-year-old boy,

e atij djali nente vjecar,

which were impossible

te cilat ishin te pamunduara

and dauntingly scary,

dhe te frikshme,

dauntingly terrifying,

tmerrruese,

and put them into practice,

dhe i vendose ne praktike,

and figured out a way to reprogram yourself,

dhe gjete nje menyre sesi ta riprogramoje veten,

to change your primal fear

te ndryshoje friken tende primare

so that it allowed you to come back

qe te lejonte te ktheheshe pas

with a set of experiences and a level of inspiration

me nje sere eksperiencash dhe nje nivel inspirimi

for other people

per njerezit e tjere

that never could have been possible otherwise.

qe nuk do te ishte e mundur ndryshe.

Just to finish, they asked me to play that guitar.

Per ta mbyllur, me kerkuan te luaj me kitare.

I know this song,

Une e di kete kenge.

and it's really a tribute to the genius

dhe ajo i ben homazh gjenialitetit

of David Bowie himself,

te vete David Bowie,

but it's also, I think,

por gjithashtu, mendoj,

a reflection of the fact that we are not machines

eshte nje reflektim i atij fakti se ne nuk jemi makina

exploring the universe,

qe eksplorojne universin,

we are people,

ne jemi njerez,

and we're taking

dhe ne po cojme

that ability to adapt

aftesine per tu adaptuar

and that ability to understand

dhe aftesine per te kuptuar

and the ability to take

dhe aftesine per te kapur

our own self-perception into a new place.

veteperceptimin tone ne nje vend te ri.

(Music)

(Muzike)

♫ This is Major Tom to ground control ♫

♫ Ketu eshte Major Tom ne kullen e kontrollit ♫

♫ I've left forevermore ♫

♫ jam larguar pergjithmone ♫

♫ And I'm floating in a most peculiar way ♫

♫ dhe po fluturoj ne nje nga menyrat me te vecanta ♫

♫ And the stars look very different today ♫

♫ dhe yjet duken shume ndryshe sot ♫

♫ For here am I floating in the tin can ♫

♫ ketu jam duke fluturuar ne nje kanace konservash ♫

♫ A last glimpse of the world ♫

♫ nje veshtrim te fundit botes ♫

♫ Planet Earth is blue and there's so much left to do ♫

♫ Toka eshte blu dhe nuk ka shume gjera per te bere ♫

(Music)

(Muzike)

Fear not.

Mos kini frike.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

That's very nice of you. Thank you very much.

Ishte shume e kendshme nga ana juaj. Shume faleminderit.

Thank you.

Ju faleminderit.