Some Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth

[icymist]

Who would have thought traveling to outer space could be such a profound experience? OK, probably everybody, but these former astronauts really articulate it in a way that was just a little mind-blowing.

Click the link for the video
http://www.upworthy.com/some-strange-things-are-happening-to-astronauts-returning-to-earth?g=2

[Tx4obama]

1. ...

Part 1

Part 2

[madokie]

2. kick

so I can find it later
Thanks, sounds interesting to say the least.

[Enthusiast]

3. That is kick ass!

It would be wonderful if the destroyers of the planet could see it from the perspective of an astronaut and have the profound experience transform their greedy ways in an Ebanezer Scrooge sort of way.

[Heywood J]

4. Here I was expecting an Astronaut's Wife reference,

or something about Anubis.

[tnlurker]

5. For later

[MisterP]

6. space CHANGES people: it's not just a sublime at seeing Earth or a bad-SF sensawonda

it's almost Nietzschean or Ballardian, a little bit of the abyss entering those entering it; they get into philosophy, or have breakdowns

[bananas]

8. What was that from?

"I walked on your face!"
"Don't you know it's day?"
LOL
Thanks!

[hootinholler]

7. kick for later n/t

[stuntcat]

9. They can see how thin the atmosphere is

The smartest people I know just have no idea, no thought of what a thin little layer it is.