Science AMA Series: I’m Ron Garan, Chief Pilot for World View
Enterprises and former NASA pilot. I’m here to answer questions about
how seeing Earth from space changes your perspective forever. AMA!
Abstract
Hi reddit! World View is providing a new perspective of our planet and
revolutionising access to space for communications technology, sensors
and people. I believe that seeing the Earth from space changes the way
we view humanity and our relationship with this planet; I call this ‘The
Orbital Perspective’. As a NASA astronaut I travelled 71,075,867 miles
in 2,842 orbits of our planet over 178 days. I flew on both the US Space
Shuttle and Russian Soyuz spacecraft and logged over 27 hours in the
vacuum of space during four spacewalks. I also participated in a
record-setting exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the
world’s only undersea laboratory and I am the author of ‘The Orbital
Perspective’ – my book detailing the effects of seeing Earth from a new
point of view. I’ll be talking about The Orbital Perspective and life in
space at BBC Future’s World Changing Ideas Summit on 15 November in
Sydney. I will be here to answer questions at 15:00pm EST, 20:00pm GMT.
Ask me anything!