{"id":307880,"date":"2024-09-12T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/astronaut-nicole-stott-says-billionaire-spacewalk-is-good-for-humanity-dont-be-cynical"},"modified":"2024-09-12T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:05:14","slug":"astronaut-nicole-stott-says-billionaire-spacewalk-is-good-for-humanity-dont-be-cynical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/astronaut-nicole-stott-says-billionaire-spacewalk-is-good-for-humanity-dont-be-cynical","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Nicole Stott Says Billionaire Spacewalk Is Good For Humanity, Don&#039;t Be Cynical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"52.774911032\">\n<section id=\"cb-85b3533ecf342295eb3c5a03eb28ccb6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240912_a2790a6ce195403c851cd345272b78b1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2f3adfcc-49a9-4900-8c90-3ad4fdfc1fa7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/4by3\/2024\/09\/12\/a2790a6ce195403c851cd345272b78b1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Stott\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85b3533ecf342295eb3c5a03eb28ccb6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-652d1c4f47ec7792898f8b7635332813\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Astronaut <strong>Nicole Stott<\/strong> says folks who are cynical over seeing a billionaire complete the first-ever civilian spacewalk need to cool their jets &#8230; because it&#8217;s actually to everyone&#8217;s benefit.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-652d1c4f47ec7792898f8b7635332813--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5a5f6a94aca4ea2609ef0448eabcddc5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Nicole, who did her own spacewalk in 2009 at the International Space Station, tells TMZ &#8230; billionaire <strong>Jared Isaacman<\/strong> bankrolling a historic spacewalk is good for humankind in the long run, and it will help us eventually reach Mars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5a5f6a94aca4ea2609ef0448eabcddc5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-63ba7e5c11fd6da5c6750a5308607cac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a60b0d88-3c40-4440-9048-51358a089818-288976330-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a60b0d88-3c40-4440-9048-51358a089818-288976330-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/71\/16by9\/2024\/09\/12\/71ebfd735187411597b070f5b0cdf885_md.jpg\" alt=\"091224_nicole_stott_historical_moment-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-63ba7e5c11fd6da5c6750a5308607cac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-586928e9f7df4a6ccc31daea7c7f89e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The way Nicole sees it &#8230; private space exploration is vital toward our goals of going further into space than ever before, and while the average person can&#8217;t pay for a trip into orbit right now, it likely will be affordable in the future.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-586928e9f7df4a6ccc31daea7c7f89e4--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-32fe369b85108ed08f86ec410ba48552\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Nicole points out &#8230; about 50 years ago, the average person could not afford a plane ticket &#8230; and she believes space travel will evolve to become more commonplace moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32fe369b85108ed08f86ec410ba48552--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-97a516e1b5d5550213ccb1bb06c84914\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-784f2a1a-5b71-428f-8f17-f20ee863cbd0-198972447-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-784f2a1a-5b71-428f-8f17-f20ee863cbd0-198972447-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7f\/16by9\/2024\/09\/12\/7f5f64ce439643309c88727c3f6a73b5_md.jpg\" alt=\"091224_spacewalk_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">X\/@SpaceX<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-97a516e1b5d5550213ccb1bb06c84914--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e13db7a85c48df8d5ad3bd2b48654d1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.8342541436\">\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Isaacman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/09\/12\/jared-isaacman-billionaire-spacewalk-spacex\/\"><strong>made history<\/strong><\/a> Thursday with his own<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/neil-armstrong\/\"><strong>Neil Armstrong<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>moment, becoming the first civilian to experience unconfined space as part of the Polaris Dawn mission.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e13db7a85c48df8d5ad3bd2b48654d1f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8442b16737b1281cc621b5983b53910\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.5884244373\">\n<p>Billionaires are clearly obsessed with the final frontier &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/richard-branson\/\"><strong>Richard Branson<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jeff-bezos\/\"><strong>Jeff Bezos<\/strong><\/a> blasted into space in July 2021 &#8212; and Nicole says the public should be interested in space exploration &#8230; for entertainment as well as science. She says it will help us learn how we can improve society and our planet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8442b16737b1281cc621b5983b53910--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-117023a683211536f7f9dc80478af872\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240912_d3e5a572acec40e99a36555f654a21b2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2f3adfcc-49a9-4900-8c90-3ad4fdfc1fa7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d3\/4by3\/2024\/09\/12\/d3e5a572acec40e99a36555f654a21b2_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Stott\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-117023a683211536f7f9dc80478af872--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8061b59c6a7545c2d7bfebeaaffae182\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Isaacman was tethered to the SpaceX craft during his spacewalk, and Nicole says the whole thing was safe. She says there is no more danger to a civilian than for a NASA astronaut, as private expeditions include the same training as NASA missions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8061b59c6a7545c2d7bfebeaaffae182--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6f7f8a988dba19c95d70a0fa381ce33\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Nicole was an astronaut on both the ISS and the Space Shuttle, so she knows her stuff &#8230; she even wrote a book about her experiences, &#8220;Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet &#8212; And Our Mission to Protect It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6f7f8a988dba19c95d70a0fa381ce33--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-99c22d4fe17b0f9bc17f8b606da8052f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-9d502ade-6840-4793-acb8-bab3a5388e75-1394534544-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-9d502ade-6840-4793-acb8-bab3a5388e75-1394534544-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/92\/16by9\/2024\/09\/12\/929897568df2450f9d79550cbd0a7427_md.jpg\" alt=\"091224_nicole_stott_saftey-primary\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-99c22d4fe17b0f9bc17f8b606da8052f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-57bbf605229ee94a29da97e052f263eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Nicole&#8217;s also an aquanaut &#8212; someone who explores or lives long-term underwater &#8212; and she&#8217;s over in London right now preparing for a big event tonight &#8230; &#8220;Uniting Sea and Space: Global Nonprofits Take Over Piccadilly Lights to Advocate for Ocean Conservation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-57bbf605229ee94a29da97e052f263eb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6910cac51534b358027dfe8071101b7f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240912_02aba5f9577c46ab9d96322054835fb0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2f3adfcc-49a9-4900-8c90-3ad4fdfc1fa7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/02\/4by3\/2024\/09\/12\/02aba5f9577c46ab9d96322054835fb0_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Stott\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6910cac51534b358027dfe8071101b7f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ac9f75ea090335ed1477749e243d5f79\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Bottom line for Nicole &#8230; ease up on the cynicism, and look to the future.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ac9f75ea090335ed1477749e243d5f79--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/09\/12\/astronaut-nicole-stott-says-spacewalk-good-for-humanity\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronaut Nicole Stott says folks who are cynical over seeing a billionaire complete the first-ever civilian spacewalk need to cool their jets &#8230; because it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}