After Six Months In Space, An Astronaut Says ‘Earth Is A Jewel’
Imagine how could Earth look when you pop out yourself out and turn back to look at it from the 400 kilometers (250 miles) away, ain’t it dreamy? and mystic? Yes, that’s what it looks like in real too, says astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Novitskiy who currently are away from earth Pesquet even revealed the fragile nature of the planet in a way in which it was never told before.
On one side, the prominent politicians stated that climate change is nothing and there’s no need for preserving anything exclusively. On the other side, the Frenchmen said that Earth’s climate for future generations of humans had six months to contemplate the planet from an unfamiliar vantage point.
Gently floating around in the zero gravity of space, the 39-year-old said:
“There are things that one understands intellectually, but which one doesn’t really get, we talk of two degrees (Celsius) or four degrees, these are numbers which sometimes exceed human understanding.”
“But to see the planet as a whole… to see it for yourself… this allows you to truly appreciate the fragility.”
Pesquet drifted in a room full of machines, gadgets, and wires — the French and European Space Agency flags stuck to a wall behind him throughout the interview,
“One doesn’t really appreciate how thin the atmosphere is, to what extent we are capable of destroying the planet — to what extent we need to protect it,” he insisted.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, Pesquet and American Peggy Whitson arrived on the ISS on November 20 for a six-month mission. Since then, Donald Trump has replaced Barack Obama in the White House with promises of pulling America out of a hard-fought global pact to limit global warming.
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The goal, outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, must be achieved partly by curbing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels — an industry with a strong voice in US politics, these gases accumulate in the same atmosphere Pesquet observed from afar, and act almost like a blanket to trap the Sun’s heat on the surface.
Pesquet and Novitskiy are scheduled to return to Earth on Friday, “a bit sad to leave,” the Frenchman said, deftly twirling a microphone between his fingers with the aid of weightlessness. But at the same time, he will be happy to hug his girlfriend, see family and friends, go to the beach, walk in the mountains, and feel a breeze on his face.
The food in space, he said, “is not great”, and going to the toilet “is more camping than five stars and ‘I feel ready’ to go home, Pesquet declared. “My suitcase is ready.”
Pesquet, France’s 10th ISS astronaut, has become a bit of a social media celebrity at home, with more than 550,000 followers on Twitter where he frequently posted photographs of Earth from space.
“The planet is truly a jewel, we must not take it for granted” concluded Pesquet.