Friday, May 8, 2009

Terry Knox: Sydney, Australia

Today I interviewed Terry Knox, the first and only Australian commander of the International Space Station. The ISS was one of the greatest marvels of human engineering, a giant platform in space that could be seen from Earth with the naked eye. The purpose of the platform was to refuel all the satellites in space so that none of them would fly into the gravitational pull of the Earth and be ruined, this was much more effective than sending up a ship and crew to refuel individual satellites when they were running low. He and his crew had been given the option to escape from the ISS during the war, but they refused due to leaving such a magnificent feet alone to float through space and it was obviously safer up there. His crew and himself had been able to observe every single event that happened on Earth as well from the space platform, watching humanity slowly die out. He said he would do it all over again if he could, after I had interviewed him. He had been exposed to tremendous amounts of ultraviolet light without protective gear and was on his deathbed at the time. I honestly am jealous of him, it would've been a great experience to have been up there.

3 comments:

Erik Masingill said...

Yes yes, it would have been cool to be up there in the satellite, but would you not die soon with the ultraviolet light. Also, how could you stand up there watching the human race die out and not do anything about it. How about sending signals to other space stations to let others know while you can before they die as well. Basiclly, from what you are saying, you want to earn a gold medal for being one of the last humans alive in their race.

Matthew Cahal said...

I would like a gold medal, but I agree with you Eric. He should have done something and then maybe earn the silver or bronze medal.

Juan Garcia said...

I agree with you. It would have been cool to be up there in the space station. I don't think he could have done much about the people that were dying. And I would like a medal too Eric.