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

Prevodilac: Tijana Ćopić Lektor: Ivana Korom

I'm an astronaut.

Ja sam astronaut.

I flew on the space shuttle twice,

Dva puta sam letela spejs šatlom,

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

i skoro šest meseci sam živela na Međunarodnoj svemirskoj stanici.

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

Ljudi me često pitaju isto pitanje: "Kako je to biti u svemiru?"

as if it was a secret.

Kao da je to neka tajna.

Space belongs to all of us,

Svemir pripada nama svima,

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

i želim da vam pomognem da razumete zašto je to mesto magično za nas sve.

The day after my 50th birthday,

Dan nakon mog 50. rođendana,

I climbed aboard a Russian capsule,

popela sam se na rusku kapsulu,

in Russia,

u Rusiji,

and launched into space.

i bila lansirana u svemir.

Launching is the most dangerous thing that we do,

Lansiranje je najopasnije,

and it's also the most thrilling.

ali je takođe i najuzbudljivije.

Three, two, one ... liftoff!

Tri, dva, jedan... Poletanje!

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

Osetila sam svaki delić regulisane žestine tih raketnih motora

as they blasted us off the Earth.

dok su nas lansirali sa Zemlje.

We went faster and faster and faster,

Išli smo sve brže i brže i brže,

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

dok se motori nisu ugasili nakon osam i po minuta, kao po planu.

kabunk! --

I bam!

and we are weightless.

U bestežinskom smo stanju.

And the mission and the magic begin.

Misija i magija su počele.

Dmitry and Paolo and I are circling the Earth

Dimitrij, Paolo i ja kružimo oko Zemlje

in our tiny spacecraft,

u našoj malenoj svemirskoj letelici,

approaching the space station carefully.

oprezno se približavajući svemirskoj stanici.

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

Zamršen je to manevar na brzini od 28 000 kilometara na čas

between our capsule, the size of a Smart Car,

između naše kapsule, koja je veličine jednog Fiće,

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

i svemirske stanice, koja je veličine fudbalskog terena.

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

Stižemo tek kada se dve letelice spoje uz blagi udar.

We open the hatches,

Onda otvorimo otvore,

have sloppy zero-G hugs with each other,

traljavo se pozdravimo zbog nulte gravitacije,

and now we're six.

i tada nas ima šestoro.

We're a space family, an instant family.

Mi smo svemirska porodica, momentalna porodica.

My favorite part about living up there

Ono što sam najviše volela dok sam živela tamo gore

was the flying.

bilo je letenje.

I loved it.

Obožavala sam to.

It was like being Peter Pan.

Osećala sam se kao Petar Pan.

It's not about floating.

Nije u pitanju samo lebdenje.

Just the touch of a finger

Čak bi i običan dodir prsta

can actually push you across the entire space station,

mogao da vas gurne preko cele svemirske stanice,

and then you sort of tuck in with your toes.

i onda biste se nekako zakačili nožnim prstima.

One of my favorite things was drifting silently

Jedna od omiljenih aktivnosti mi je bilo lebdenje u tišini

through the space station,

kroz svemirsku stanicu,

which was humming along at night.

koja je mirno zujala tokom noći.

I wondered sometimes if it knew I was there,

Ponekad sam se pitala da li je bila svesna mog prisustva,

just silent.

onako u tišini.

But sharing the wonder of that with the crew

Ali deljenje tog čuda sa posadom

was also part of what was important to me.

mi je takođe bilo važno.

A typical day in space starts with the perfect commute.

Tipičan dan u svemiru počinje idealnim putovanjem na posao.

I wake up, cruise down the lab

Probudim se, prelebdim laboratoriju,

and say hello to the best morning view ever.

i pozdravim najbolji jutarnji pogled ikada.

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

Kratak je to put do posla, samo 30 sekundi,

and we never get tired of looking out that window.

ali pogled kroz taj prozor nam nikada ne dosadi.

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

Mislim da nas podseća na to da smo zapravo još uvek vrlo blizu Zemlje.

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

Naša posada je druga koja je ikada koristila kanadsku robotsku ruku

to capture a supply ship the size of a school bus

da uhvati brod sa zalihama koji je bio veličine autobusa,

containing about a dozen different experiments

i koji je u sebi sadržao desetak različitih eksperimenata,

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

kao i jedinu čokoladu koju bismo videli narednih šest meseci.

Now, chocolate aside, every single one of those experiments

A sad, čokoladu na stranu, svaki od tih eksperimenata

enables yet one more scientific question answered

davao je odgovor na bar još jedno naučno pitanje

that we can't do down here on Earth.

do kojeg ne bismo mogli doći na Zemlji.

And so, it's like a different lens,

To je kao da gledate kroz drugo sočivo,

allowing us to see the answers to questions like,

koje nam daje odgovore na pitanja kao što su:

"What about combustion?"

Šta sa sagorevanjem?

"What about fluid dynamics?"

A šta sa dinamikom fluida?

Now, sleeping is delightful.

Spavanje tamo je divno.

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

Moja omiljena - mislim, možete čak i naopačke da spavate -

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

moja omiljena poza je bila sklupčana lopta koja ledbi po volji.

Laundry? Nope.

A pranje veša? Ma kakvi.

We load our dirty clothes into an empty supply ship

Natovarimo prljavu odeću na prazni brod za zalihe

and send it off into space.

i pošaljemo ga u svemir.

The bathroom.

A sad kupatilo.

Everyone wants to know.

Svako to želi da zna.

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

Teško je razumeti, pa sam napravila mali snimak,

because I wanted kids to understand

pošto sam htela da deca razumeju

that the principle of vacuum saves the day

da princip vakuma spašava dan

and that just a gentle breeze helps everything go

i da je najmanji vetrić dovoljan

where it is supposed to.

kako bi sve otišlo tamo gde treba.

Well, in real life it does.

Bar je u pravom životu tako.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Recycling? Of course.

A reciklaža? Naravno.

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

Uzmemo svoju mokraću, skladištimo je, filtriramo, i onda je popijemo.

And it's actually delicious.

I ukusna je zapravo.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Sitting around the table,

Sedimo tako za stolom,

eating food that looks bad but actually tastes pretty good.

jedemo hranu koja izgleda loše ali je zapravo poprilično dobrog ukusa.

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

Ali to okupljanje za stolom je ono što je bitno,

I think both in space and on Earth,

i u svemiru, i na Zemlji.

because that's what cements a crew together.

pošto je to ono što ujedini posadu.

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

Za mene je muzika bila način da ostanem povezana sa ostatkom sveta.

I played a duet between Earth and space

Odsvirala sam duet između Zemlje i svemira

with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

sa Ijanom Andersonom iz grupe "Džetro Tal"

on the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.

povodom pedesetogodišnjice ljudskog leta u svemir.

Connecting to family was so important.

Kontakt sa porodicom je bio veoma važan.

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

Pričala sam sa porodicom skoro svaki dan dok sam bila tamo gore.

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

Zapravo bih čitala knjige svom sinu samo da bismo mogli da provodimo vreme zajedno.

So important.

To je toliko važno.

Now, when the space station would go over Massachusetts,

A kada bi svemirska stanica obletala Masačusets,

my family would run outside,

moja porodica bi istrčala napolje,

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

i gledala kako najsjajnija zvezda leti kroz nebo.

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

A kada bih ja pogledala dole, ne bih mogla da vidim svoju kuću,

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

ali mnogo mi je značilo to što znam da ljudi koje najviše volim

were looking up while I was looking down.

gledaju gore dok ja gledam dole.

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

Svemirska stanica je za mene mesto gde se misija i magija stapaju u jedno.

The mission, the work are vital steps

Ta misija i posao su ključni koraci

in our quest to go further than our planet

u našoj težnji da odemo dalje od naše planete

and imperative for understanding sustainability here on Earth.

i veoma važni za razumevanje održivosti na samoj Zemlji.

I loved being a part of that,

Obožavala sam da budem deo toga

and if I could have taken my family with me,

i da sam mogla da povedem svoju porodicu sa sobom,

I never would have come home.

nikada se ne bih vratila kući.

And so my view from the station showed me

Moj pogled sa stanice pokazao mi je

that we are all from the same place.

da svi mi dolazimo sa istog mesta.

We all have our roles to play.

Svi mi imamo svoje uloge.

Because, the Earth is our ship.

Jer, Zemlja je naš svemirski brod.

Space is our home.

Svemir je naš dom.

A mi smo posada unutar svemirskog broda "Zemlja".

And we are the crew of Spaceship Earth.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)