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

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Amanda Chu

I'm an astronaut.

我是太空人。

I flew on the space shuttle twice,

我坐過兩次太空梭，

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

曾經在國際太空站住了將近六個月。

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

大家常問我同樣的問題：

「太空中是什麼樣子？」 彷彿這是個秘密似的。

as if it was a secret.

Space belongs to all of us,

太空屬於我們所有人，

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

我想要幫大家了解，

為什麼對我們所有人而言， 太空是個神奇的地方。

The day after my 50th birthday,

我五十歲生日的隔天，

I climbed aboard a Russian capsule,

在俄羅斯登上了一個俄國的太空艙，

in Russia,

and launched into space.

接著被發射到太空中。

Launching is the most dangerous thing that we do,

發射升空是全程中最危險，

and it's also the most thrilling.

也是最刺激的一件事。

Three, two, one ... liftoff!

3、2、1 …… 升空！

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

在火箭引擎將我們 猛力推離地球之際，

我能感受到它們受人為控制的 每一分驚人力量。

as they blasted us off the Earth.

We went faster and faster and faster,

我們的速度越來越快、越來越快，

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

直到八分半鐘之後，

所有引擎在計畫中停止運轉：

kabunk! --

咔砰！

and we are weightless.

我們進入無重狀態了。

And the mission and the magic begin.

太空任務和神奇之旅就此開始。

Dmitry and Paolo and I are circling the Earth

狄米崔、保羅，和我

乘著我們這艘小太空船繞行地球，

in our tiny spacecraft,

approaching the space station carefully.

小心地靠近太空站。

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

這是時速 17,500 英里 高速下的一場微妙雙人舞，

between our capsule, the size of a Smart Car,

一邊是斯麥特迷你車般 大小的太空艙，

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

另一邊則是大如足球場的太空站，

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

在雙方輕柔地對接成功之後，

我們便抵達了。

We open the hatches,

我們打開艙門，

have sloppy zero-G hugs with each other,

在無重力狀態下笨拙地互相擁抱，

and now we're six.

現在我們有六個人了。

We're a space family, an instant family.

我們是個太空家庭，速成家庭。

My favorite part about living up there

住在上頭時， 我最喜歡的部分是飛行。

was the flying.

I loved it.

我愛飛行。感覺就像扮演彼得潘。

It was like being Peter Pan.

It's not about floating.

好玩的地方不是在空中漂浮，

Just the touch of a finger

而是光用手指點一下，

can actually push you across the entire space station,

推進的力量就足以把你 從太空站的一端推到另一端去，

and then you sort of tuck in with your toes.

接著，你輕點腳趾，讓身子蜷起， 像坐姿般就定位。

One of my favorite things was drifting silently

我最喜歡做的事情之一，

就是靜靜地漂過太空站，

through the space station,

which was humming along at night.

夜裡，它隨著我的移動 發出輕輕地哼聲。

I wondered sometimes if it knew I was there,

有時我會納悶，如果我靜靜地不動， 它是否知道我在那裡，

just silent.

But sharing the wonder of that with the crew

和隊員分享那些驚奇的感受，

was also part of what was important to me.

對我來說也同樣很重要。

A typical day in space starts with the perfect commute.

在太空中平凡的一日

始於完美的通勤。

I wake up, cruise down the lab

我起床，前往實驗室，

and say hello to the best morning view ever.

和最棒的晨景說聲嗨。

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

通勤非常快速，只花了三十秒，

and we never get tired of looking out that window.

窗外的美景對我們來說百看不厭，

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

而且讓我們覺得很接近地球。

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

我們是使用過加拿大 機械手臂的第二組人員，

to capture a supply ship the size of a school bus

我們用它來抓住 校車般大小的補給船，

containing about a dozen different experiments

有十多個不同的實驗 在補給船中進行，

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

它也帶來我們在接下來四個月中 唯一能夠看見的巧克力。

Now, chocolate aside, every single one of those experiments

巧克力之外，

每一種實驗都能回答

enables yet one more scientific question answered

我們在地球上無法回答的 一個科學問題。

that we can't do down here on Earth.

And so, it's like a different lens,

它就像是不同的鏡頭，

allowing us to see the answers to questions like,

讓我們看到這些問題的答案，如：

"What about combustion?"

「太空中的燃燒過程是甚麼樣子？」 「太空中的流體力學如何？」

"What about fluid dynamics?"

Now, sleeping is delightful.

睡眠是很愉快的事。

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

你可以上下左右顛倒睡，

但我的最愛是 蜷縮成一團，隨意漂浮。

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

Laundry? Nope.

洗衣服？不用。

We load our dirty clothes into an empty supply ship

我們會把髒衣服 裝載到空的補給船上，

and send it off into space.

送到太空中。

The bathroom.

洗手間呢？大家都想知道。

Everyone wants to know.

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

很難解釋，所以我做了一支短片，

because I wanted kids to understand

因為我希望孩子能了解

that the principle of vacuum saves the day

好在有真空原理啊，

and that just a gentle breeze helps everything go

只要輕柔的微風就能將那些東西 送去該去的地方。

where it is supposed to.

Well, in real life it does.

真實的生活中有它真正該去的地方。 （笑聲）

(Laughter)

Recycling? Of course.

回收？那當然。

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

我們把我們的尿液存起來， 過濾之後再喝掉。

And it's actually delicious.

其實挺好喝的。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Sitting around the table,

坐在桌邊，

eating food that looks bad but actually tastes pretty good.

吃著看起來很糟， 但實際上很好吃的食物。

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

但重要的是大家 圍著桌子聚在一起，

I think both in space and on Earth,

我想，在地球和太空都是如此，

because that's what cements a crew together.

因為這是凝聚組員的力量。

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

對我來說，音樂是讓我 和世界維持連結的方式。

I played a duet between Earth and space

我和傑叟羅圖爾樂團的伊恩安德森

with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

進行了一場地球和太空的二重奏，

on the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight.

慶祝人類飛向太空五十週年。

Connecting to family was so important.

和家人連結很重要。

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

我在上面的時候， 幾乎天天和家人交談，

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

我會唸故事給我兒子聽， 這是讓我們共處的一種方式。

So important.

這真的很重要。

Now, when the space station would go over Massachusetts,

太空站經過麻州上空時，

my family would run outside,

我的家人會跑到戶外，

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

看著最明亮的那顆星劃過天空。

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

往向下望時，我看不見我的房子，

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

但我知道當我在向下望時，

我最愛的人也同時向上回望， 這對我意義重大。

were looking up while I was looking down.

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

所以對我來說，

太空站是任務 和神奇經歷交會的地方。

The mission, the work are vital steps

這任務和工作是朝地球以外的地方 探索的重要步驟，

in our quest to go further than our planet

and imperative for understanding sustainability here on Earth.

對於了解地球未來的永續發展， 也是相當重要的。

I loved being a part of that,

我喜歡參與其中，

and if I could have taken my family with me,

如果我能帶家人同行，

I never would have come home.

我就不會想回地球了。

And so my view from the station showed me

我從太空站看到的景象讓我知道，

我們都來自同一個地方。

that we are all from the same place.

We all have our roles to play.

我們都有自己的角色要扮演，

Because, the Earth is our ship.

因為地球是我們的太空船，

Space is our home.

太空是我們的家，

And we are the crew of Spaceship Earth.

而我們都是

「地球號太空船」上的太空人。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）