Interview with a Spaceman - with Mike Massimino

Ever wondered what it would be like to be strapped to a giant rocket? Or to look back on the earth from outer space? Or to repair the Hubble Space Telescope? Mike Massimino looks back on his remarkable career as an astronaut.

Helen Keen talks to astronaut Mike Massimino about his remarkable 18-year career as a NASA astronaut.

Mike Massimino spent 18 years as a Nasa astronaut and flew on two shuttle missions. On both occasions he performed spacewalks outside the shuttle to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Since returning to Earth and retiring from Nasa, he now works as a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University in New York.

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[jackalvulture]

I'm a simple man. I see Massimino in the title, I watch.

[DaytakTV]

Wow, the ending brought tears to my eyes. I wish all humans could see that sight and feel what he felt about our planet.

[scarlettroger]

This amazing chap is so eloquent. He spoke from the heart and I will admit that the ending made me cry.

[matthewwash]

I had a wonderful experience of meeting this man today at my school. Thank You!

[minpodcast]

That ending, I wish everyone could have that experience!

[zapfanzapfan]

0:11 I know that voice, this is gonna be good! :-)

Good interview, he seems like a really good guy.

And for anyone who hasn't listened to her (Helen Keen) series "It is rocket science" you can go do that now, it is awesome!

[treadhead]

really enjoyed. he was an interesting and entertaining guest. the interview ended too soon.

[TheEgg]

He's Italian and from Long Island. These people tend to be very interesting and funny. They can't talk without yelling and saying and "POW" every 5 minutes.

[erictaylor]

12:50 Even Faraday hit a wall back in his day. He had some amazing ideas that turned out to be true, but it was years before it was proven they were true because he was never properly trained in mathematics.

[TheExtremeRealityPuppetShow]

Illumination, the key to realization. Let's make this whole world new.

[ragnkja]

If he wants to call his book _Shenanigans in space, _ he should probably make sure the ESA class of 2009 don’t have plans to use it, since they *are* the Shenanigans, and one of them is in space right now.

[MrCMPUTR]

Wait, he started when he was 25? Well shit, I could start down that path then D:

[osenseijedi]

About commercial Space travel, couldn't you theoretically use that to travel really fast around the world?
Say you take off in Houston and you land somewhere in Russia?

[earth]

Put the Hubble up, closest to a moon man

[pleitgeb]

8:00 he started to sound like Rodney Dangerfield.

[erictaylor]

If you gave an astronaut strong sedatives, wound you get a spaced spaceman?

[AznDudeIsOn]

26:00 these days eye docs would call you a straight up liar

[ChompNom]

mass!... Because mass equal force times acceleration

[lavieestlenfer]

He was great, but I had to stop after 30 minutes because the interviewer's godawful habit of interjecting her annoying "yes" and "mm-hmm" after every fifth word was maddening.

[Vitoandolini]

It was difficult to understand the interviewer