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Speaker 1 (00:14):
I know this segment is going to go by at
warp speed or light speed, because I could go on
forever and ever with doctor Christian Greer, the President and
CEO of the Michigan Science Center. And if you're going
to Detroit, visit Detroit dot com, visit the Science Center
and spend as much time there as you want. Thank
you for being here, Welcome back to the radio stage.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
What do you think really went on up in the
International Space Station that they had to have an emergency
evacuation and splash down in the Pacific.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Well, each time you go up into space, you want
to make sure that from your flight versions that everyone
is healthy and everyone is able to be able to
perform their duties as best they can. And part of
the reason is is that you're in a different environment.
We bring all of our environment from Earth up into space,
(01:09):
and it can make a really challenging situation when you
have a sick astronaut, and this has happened at the
beginning of the Space Race, where you had astronauts that
weren't able to fly on Apollo missions because they were
sick or they had no immunity to certain diseases. So
(01:30):
in this case with the ISS, you have a very
interesting situation that you haven't had before where you have
an astronaut that needs to come back in part because
of their illness, and so this is a real challenging situation.
So that's pretty much what it was.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
There is no social distancing up there on that space station,
is there.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, not at all, not at all. Now you have
a very good you know, air purifiers there, and certain
kinds of things that are in there are always being filtered,
but it's not always enough.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, I don't know. It takes a certain kind of
person willing to be up there in a can like
that for nine, ten months or longer, doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Psychology, Yeah, they do psychological evaluations and that sort of thing,
and I'm sure they have certain exercises and things that
they do to keep mentally focused, because it's not only
just your mental health but also your physical health.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Being in waitlessness. That's a challenge as well. But that's
kind of where it is.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
And why they all had to come off the space station,
not just the sick astronaut.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Well, when the astronauts fly up into space, they have
a variety of tasks it's not as though there's like
a one person vehicle that can come down, so a
crew really needs to stay with the crew otherwise they
have to bring another ship up to take them down
as well. So that makes it a little bit challenging.
(03:00):
Remember the vehicle went out, the Boweling star Liner vehicle
that went up and had a problem coming back, And
that was a real challenge too, because although they could
have brought the astronauts back at that point, they really
needed to make sure that the spacecraft was safe. So
they were up there for I don't know, I think
(03:21):
it was six or seven months that they were up
there before they were able to bring back.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Last year, I lost track of how in a normal
like exit from the International Space Station that is not
an evacuation, how do the astronauts come.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Down, Well, they come down the same way. They are
different capsules that go up like progress that take waste
away and that bring up supplies, and so those capsules
are not always fit to be able to come down
and take astronauts back, but they could be configured in
(03:56):
that way to do that.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Perhaps, what do you think that ride down like?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I think there are probably for astronauts that I've
done it before. It's probably pretty easy. But you're going
from seventeen five hundred miles per hour to zero, which
are landing on a splash down or coming down as
some capsules may come down in a desert or on land.
But in this case, it's just the deceleration, so it's
(04:26):
the opposite of what you experience going up. So they
try to configure the capsule in such a way that
they don't feel it as like negative ges, but have
the ability to feel that just deceleration in a way
that works for them going in the opposite direction. So
it's kind of like the capsule comes down backwards.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Once they burn through the atmosphere. I don't know if
that's the right way to say it, but there is that.
I mean, the friction right of getting back into the
Earth's atmosphere. Would they feel the sensation of falling?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well, you know, I guess when you think about it
being up in orbit, you're essentially falling around the Earth,
so that is called weightlessness, but you're also in a
state of free fall. So that's sort of a general
top way to describe it. And so it is a
really interesting thing when they land because they have to
(05:25):
you know, go from going really fast and not feeling
any motion at all to a little turbulence coming through
the atmosphere as the thrusters adjust the trajectory to make
sure they don't bounce off or go in too fast
and burn up. So there's kind of like a glide
slope that they want to be on so that the
ship is in the right configuration to be able to
do that. And so when it ends up coming down
(05:48):
to splashdown, they feel some force. They under the pair
of shoes, usually three pair of shoes, and that is
for safety in case it can probably land with two,
but that is a way to slow it down, and
so I don't think that they feel anything much. They
go through also other kinds of flight training in which
they do weightlessness training in a commercial aircraft that's been
(06:12):
adapted to allow them to be called the vomit comet
I guess, I guess would be the colquial term, and
so that gives them a chance to feel weightlessness. So
it's not anything that they would probably have a problem with.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Aren't you glad we don't have to do that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I would actually love to do it myself. It would
it'd be great to go up in this space. Yeah,
and I think a lot of people would a lot
of your listeners probably would love to have the thrill
of being able to travel above the Earth and to
see it from that vantage point. You know, just the
peace and tranquility that you see over the planet, the landforms,
the water, the sky, the clouds, and then to be
(06:51):
able to turn the other way and to look out
in the space that the stars and the moon. So
it's a wonderful experience I'm sure for the astronauts, and
many people would love to do it, as long as
they're not acrophobic or stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You're very very brave for people who come to the
Science Center at this time of year, there are a
lot of people who are in town for the auto
show and so forth, and that's a whole different matter
of science and technology taking place right there. But what
will they find. What's the sort of the main show
right now at the Science Center.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Well, the big thing is that the Science Center is
our planetarium. As many of you know that we reopened
our planetarium and renovated it and Stilantis gave us a
generous grant to design a new show called Hyperspace astell
our Odyssey, and each one of those, each one of
(07:45):
those features has things that take us out into deep space.
We also have stage shows, but currently right now we're
shut down and we are have a pop up at
the Detroit Auto Show, so we have lots of cool
activity you st are going on there in Detroit at
the Auto Show. And one of the things that we
(08:06):
have is an inflatable planetarium, our portable planetarum that we
take out all over the state to look at lots
of different things. And we also have a neuro track
in which you can use your mind and your brainwaves
to actually race a car on the track. So that's
probably one of the coolest things that we have popped
up at the Auto Show.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Thank you for tolerating my stupid questions. I have many
more to come up, so if you don't mind, we
will recall you again soon because it's just absolutely fascinating
and your knowledge gives us a perspective we wouldn't have.
And you can go there and touch and feel and
see it for yourself. Doctor Christian Greer, the president of
(08:45):
the Michigan Science Center and the CEO there at Detroit,
and visit Detroit dot com and maybe you'll end up
visiting space.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Rocking.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Have you ever wondered why health insurance costs seem to
keep going up? I was doing some research online and
I stumbled upon some surprising information on Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan's websitemibluedaily dot com slash affordability. I was
surprised to learn that the cost Blue Cross pays for
prescription drugs rose by a staggering fifteen percent last year.
(09:21):
Fifteen percent. That's five times higher than inflation. It's no
wonder healthcare costs or a concern for so many of us.
That's why Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan is working
hard to help all of us better understand the factors
driving up healthcare costs and sharing what they are doing.
Is a business to address it because Blue Cross knows
that healthcare is personal, it needs to work for everyone,
(09:42):
and affordability matters. So I encourage you to take a
minute and check OUTMI blue Daily dot com slash affordability
and get informed. You'll be glad you did. It's eye
opening information that can help everyone better understand the complexities
of the healthcare system and its impact on your health
Insurance costs.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Shift into winning gear at fire Keepers. It's the Fab
five GMC Giveaway on Saturday, February twenty eight and you
could win one of five fabulous GMC's including the grand prize,
a rugged new Sierra Drawling start at two pm with
(10:21):
one winner of a GMC terrain. At four pm, another
winner gets keys to a terrain. At six pm we're
giving away a sleek Acadia suv and at eight pm
it's a drawing for another Acadia winner. Then at ten
pm it's the grand prize drawing for a powerful Sierra
pickup truck. Aaron entries daily, plus are double entries every
(10:42):
Wednesday now through February twenty eight for the Fab five
GMC Giveaway. The best giveaways, The biggest guaranteed prize is
only at fire Keepers. Get your biggest on at fire
Keepers Casino Hotel I ninety four to Exit one oh
four in Battle Creek. Management reserves all rights
I know this segment is going to go by at
warp speed or light speed, because I could go on
forever and ever with doctor Christian Greer, the President and
CEO of the Michigan Science Center. And if you're going
to Detroit, visit Detroit dot com, visit the Science Center
and spend as much time there as you want. Thank
you for being here, Welcome back to the radio stage.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
What do you think really went on up in the
International Space Station that they had to have an emergency
evacuation and splash down in the Pacific.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Well, each time you go up into space, you want
to make sure that from your flight versions that everyone
is healthy and everyone is able to be able to
perform their duties as best they can. And part of
the reason is is that you're in a different environment.
We bring all of our environment from Earth up into space,
(01:09):
and it can make a really challenging situation when you
have a sick astronaut, and this has happened at the
beginning of the Space Race, where you had astronauts that
weren't able to fly on Apollo missions because they were
sick or they had no immunity to certain diseases. So
(01:30):
in this case with the ISS, you have a very
interesting situation that you haven't had before where you have
an astronaut that needs to come back in part because
of their illness, and so this is a real challenging situation.
So that's pretty much what it was.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
There is no social distancing up there on that space station,
is there.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, not at all, not at all. Now you have
a very good you know, air purifiers there, and certain
kinds of things that are in there are always being filtered,
but it's not always enough.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, I don't know. It takes a certain kind of
person willing to be up there in a can like
that for nine, ten months or longer, doesn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Psychology, Yeah, they do psychological evaluations and that sort of thing,
and I'm sure they have certain exercises and things that
they do to keep mentally focused, because it's not only
just your mental health but also your physical health.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Being in waitlessness. That's a challenge as well. But that's
kind of where it is.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
And why they all had to come off the space station,
not just the sick astronaut.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Well, when the astronauts fly up into space, they have
a variety of tasks it's not as though there's like
a one person vehicle that can come down, so a
crew really needs to stay with the crew otherwise they
have to bring another ship up to take them down
as well. So that makes it a little bit challenging.
(03:00):
Remember the vehicle went out, the Boweling star Liner vehicle
that went up and had a problem coming back, And
that was a real challenge too, because although they could
have brought the astronauts back at that point, they really
needed to make sure that the spacecraft was safe. So
they were up there for I don't know, I think
(03:21):
it was six or seven months that they were up
there before they were able to bring back.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Last year, I lost track of how in a normal
like exit from the International Space Station that is not
an evacuation, how do the astronauts come.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Down, Well, they come down the same way. They are
different capsules that go up like progress that take waste
away and that bring up supplies, and so those capsules
are not always fit to be able to come down
and take astronauts back, but they could be configured in
(03:56):
that way to do that.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Perhaps, what do you think that ride down like?
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, I think there are probably for astronauts that I've
done it before. It's probably pretty easy. But you're going
from seventeen five hundred miles per hour to zero, which
are landing on a splash down or coming down as
some capsules may come down in a desert or on land.
But in this case, it's just the deceleration, so it's
(04:26):
the opposite of what you experience going up. So they
try to configure the capsule in such a way that
they don't feel it as like negative ges, but have
the ability to feel that just deceleration in a way
that works for them going in the opposite direction. So
it's kind of like the capsule comes down backwards.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Once they burn through the atmosphere. I don't know if
that's the right way to say it, but there is that.
I mean, the friction right of getting back into the
Earth's atmosphere. Would they feel the sensation of falling?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well, you know, I guess when you think about it
being up in orbit, you're essentially falling around the Earth,
so that is called weightlessness, but you're also in a
state of free fall. So that's sort of a general
top way to describe it. And so it is a
really interesting thing when they land because they have to
(05:25):
you know, go from going really fast and not feeling
any motion at all to a little turbulence coming through
the atmosphere as the thrusters adjust the trajectory to make
sure they don't bounce off or go in too fast
and burn up. So there's kind of like a glide
slope that they want to be on so that the
ship is in the right configuration to be able to
do that. And so when it ends up coming down
(05:48):
to splashdown, they feel some force. They under the pair
of shoes, usually three pair of shoes, and that is
for safety in case it can probably land with two,
but that is a way to slow it down, and
so I don't think that they feel anything much. They
go through also other kinds of flight training in which
they do weightlessness training in a commercial aircraft that's been
(06:12):
adapted to allow them to be called the vomit comet
I guess, I guess would be the colquial term, and
so that gives them a chance to feel weightlessness. So
it's not anything that they would probably have a problem with.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Aren't you glad we don't have to do that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I would actually love to do it myself. It would
it'd be great to go up in this space. Yeah,
and I think a lot of people would a lot
of your listeners probably would love to have the thrill
of being able to travel above the Earth and to
see it from that vantage point. You know, just the
peace and tranquility that you see over the planet, the landforms,
the water, the sky, the clouds, and then to be
(06:51):
able to turn the other way and to look out
in the space that the stars and the moon. So
it's a wonderful experience I'm sure for the astronauts, and
many people would love to do it, as long as
they're not acrophobic or stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You're very very brave for people who come to the
Science Center at this time of year, there are a
lot of people who are in town for the auto
show and so forth, and that's a whole different matter
of science and technology taking place right there. But what
will they find. What's the sort of the main show
right now at the Science Center.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Well, the big thing is that the Science Center is
our planetarium. As many of you know that we reopened
our planetarium and renovated it and Stilantis gave us a
generous grant to design a new show called Hyperspace astell
our Odyssey, and each one of those, each one of
(07:45):
those features has things that take us out into deep space.
We also have stage shows, but currently right now we're
shut down and we are have a pop up at
the Detroit Auto Show, so we have lots of cool
activity you st are going on there in Detroit at
the Auto Show. And one of the things that we
(08:06):
have is an inflatable planetarium, our portable planetarum that we
take out all over the state to look at lots
of different things. And we also have a neuro track
in which you can use your mind and your brainwaves
to actually race a car on the track. So that's
probably one of the coolest things that we have popped
up at the Auto Show.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Thank you for tolerating my stupid questions. I have many
more to come up, so if you don't mind, we
will recall you again soon because it's just absolutely fascinating
and your knowledge gives us a perspective we wouldn't have.
And you can go there and touch and feel and
see it for yourself. Doctor Christian Greer, the president of
(08:45):
the Michigan Science Center and the CEO there at Detroit,
and visit Detroit dot com and maybe you'll end up
visiting space.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Rocking.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Have you ever wondered why health insurance costs seem to
keep going up? I was doing some research online and
I stumbled upon some surprising information on Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan's websitemibluedaily dot com slash affordability. I was
surprised to learn that the cost Blue Cross pays for
prescription drugs rose by a staggering fifteen percent last year.
(09:21):
Fifteen percent. That's five times higher than inflation. It's no
wonder healthcare costs or a concern for so many of us.
That's why Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan is working
hard to help all of us better understand the factors
driving up healthcare costs and sharing what they are doing.
Is a business to address it because Blue Cross knows
that healthcare is personal, it needs to work for everyone,
(09:42):
and affordability matters. So I encourage you to take a
minute and check OUTMI blue Daily dot com slash affordability
and get informed. You'll be glad you did. It's eye
opening information that can help everyone better understand the complexities
of the healthcare system and its impact on your health
Insurance costs.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Shift into winning gear at fire Keepers. It's the Fab
five GMC Giveaway on Saturday, February twenty eight and you
could win one of five fabulous GMC's including the grand prize,
a rugged new Sierra Drawling start at two pm with
(10:21):
one winner of a GMC terrain. At four pm, another
winner gets keys to a terrain. At six pm we're
giving away a sleek Acadia suv and at eight pm
it's a drawing for another Acadia winner. Then at ten
pm it's the grand prize drawing for a powerful Sierra
pickup truck. Aaron entries daily, plus are double entries every
(10:42):
Wednesday now through February twenty eight for the Fab five
GMC Giveaway. The best giveaways, The biggest guaranteed prize is
only at fire Keepers. Get your biggest on at fire
Keepers Casino Hotel I ninety four to Exit one oh
four in Battle Creek. Management reserves all rights
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