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PREPARING FOR NOW AS THEY
PREPARE FOR THE IMPACT?
>> Marc Garneau: I THINK THE
ANTICIPATION OF BEING BACK ON
EARTH.
THE EXCITEMENT, THE FEELING THAT
THEY HAVE DODGED A BULLET.
COMING BACK FROM SPACE IS NOTE A
TRIVIAL EXERCISE AND FOR IT TO
GO WELL, YOU FEEL A KIND OF A
EUPHORIA AND ALSO ARE FEELING
THE EFFECTS OF BEING BACK ON
EARTHS.
SO, A MIXTURE OF EMOTIONS.
AND KNOWING IN FIVE MINUTES
THEY'LL HIT THE GROUND AND THEY
ARE FOCUSED ON THAT AT THE
MOMENT.
>> Mark: OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN SENT BY OUR VIEWERS AND
THIS CAME FROM SOMEONE, PATRICIA
STEWART.
A GOOD TIME TO ASK.
SHE SAID WHAT IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE RETURN
TRIP?
>> Marc Garneau: I WOULD SAY
GOING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
BECAUSE, THAT IS THE MOST
DYNAMIC PHASE.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN THE
MOST, AND DURING THE TEN MINUTES
OF SLOWING DOWN YOU ARE GOING
FROM, ESSENTIALLY, GOING AT 8
KILOMETRES PER SECOND, TO A
MUCH, MUCH LOWER VELOCITY AND
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ENERGY
BEING SORT OF DRAWN OUT OF THE
VEHICLE, THAT IS WHEN IT CAN BE
MOST DANGEROUS.
>> Mark: ALSO, TOO, I'M HEARING
THAT THE MODULE CAN LAND UPRIGHT
OR ON ITS SIDE AND BOTH ARE TO
BE EXPECTED AND THE IMPACT THEY
FEEL WHEN THEY ACTUALLY TOUCH
DOWN, WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE WITH
THE SPACE SHUTTLE LANDINGS, THEY
APPEARED SO SMOOTH AND ROUTINE
LIKE A JET LINER TOUCHING DOWN
AND IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR THIS.
>> Marc Garneau: NOT AT ALL.
THEY'LL FEEL AN IMPACT AND THAT
PROVIDES THE THRUSTERS FIRE AND
IF THEY DON'T FIRE TWO SECONDS
BEFORE LANDING THEY'LL REALLY
FEEL IT AND IF THE WIND SUDDENLY
PICKS UP IT CAN ACTUALLY GRAB
THE CHUTE AND DRAG THE MODULE
DOWN AND TURN IT SIDEWAYS, AND
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE PAST BUT TODAY
LOOKS LIKE PERFECT WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
>> Mark: AND ALSO, I'VE HEARD IT
CAN BE A ROCKY RIDE.
IT CAN BE SPINNING ON ITS WAY
DOWN AND THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO HAVE NAUSEA, THEY COULD
SUFFER FROM GOING DOWN THERE.
IS IT A ROUGH RIDE?
>> Marc Garneau: IT IS NOT
UNUSUAL AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE
VEHICLE, TO -- IF YOU CAN GET
OUT OF THE VEHICLE, SOME
ASTRONAUTS NEED HELP TO GET OUT
OF THE VEHICLE AFTER FIVE MONTHS
OF WEIGHTLESSNESS AND IT'S NOT
UNUSUAL AFTER EW HOURS TO
FEEL THE SYMPTOMS AN EFFECTS OF
MOTION SICKNESS, THEY WILL NOT
FEEL GREAT THE FIRST 24 HOURS.
>> Mark: THREE MINUTES AWAY FROM
TOUCHDOWN, WE ARE WATCHING CHRIS
HADFIELD'S RETURN TO EARTH.
HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP HIS FIVE
MONTHS IN SPACE?
>> Marc Garneau: BEYOND ALL
EXPECTATIONS.
NOT ONLY HAS HE BECOME THE FIRST
CANADIAN TO COMMAND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
WHICH IS A SUPREME
ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF,
SECONDLY, HE HAS JUST WOWED THE
WORLD.
WITH HIS COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
AND HIS EMPATHY AND WITH HIS
ABILITY TO REACH OUT, HE HAS
CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF SO MANY
PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY IS NOW
SAYING, GOSH, IT HAS BECOME TO
AN END, AND CAN WE MAKE THIS
LAST LONGER?
>> Mark: I GUESS THAT IS THE
QUESTION, TOO.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU LEVERAGE
ALL OF THIS INTEREST?
ESPECIALLY HERE IN CANADA.
YOUNG KIDS SAYING I WANT TO BE
AN ASTRONAUT, GROWING UP.
BUT OUR WHOLE SPACE PROGRAMME
SEEMS TO BE MOVING IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION.
WE SEEM TO BE CUTTING DOWN ON IT
WHILE THERE SHOULD BE SO MUCH
INTEREST OVER CHRIS HADFIELD.
>> Marc Garneau: WE HAVE
CHALLENGED AHEAD BUT YOU BROUGHT
UP A GOOD POINT.
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF YOUNG MINDS
WHO WATCHED IT AND WILL BE
SHAPED BY IT AND THIS IS
ULTIMATELY GOOD FOR CANADA.
FOR MANY OF US WE HAVE WATCHED
WITH INTEREST AND IT HAS BEEN
ENTERTAINING AND IN SOME CASES
HAS BEEN INSPIRING.
BUT, FOR THOSE YOUNG MINDS WHO
HAVE WATCHED HIM UP THERE, IT
MAY SHAPE WHAT THEY DO IN THE
FUTURE AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.
>> Mark: WHAT DOES HIS CELEBRITY
MEAN TO THE CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY?
>> Marc Garneau: IT MEANS THAT
HE'S GOT AN OUT-SIZED CELEBRITY
FOR THE SIZE OF THE CANADIAN
SPACE AGENCY.
HE'S GOT A KIND OF A MASSIVE
CELEBRITY.
WE'RE A MUCH SMALLER AGENCY AND
SO, I MEAN, HEELS JUST EXCEEDED
ALL EXPECTATIONS.
I HOPE, I HOPE IT MAKES PEOPLE
REALIZE THAT CANADA'S SPACE
PROGRAMME IS -- WHICH IS MORE
THAN ASTRONAUTS, IT IS BUILDING
SATELLITES AND OTHER THINGS, IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO CANADA.
I HOPE THAT RUBS OFF.
>> Mark: YOU KNOW, I WAS READING
SOMEWHERE, WE HAVE TALKED SO
MUCH ABOUT THE ROBOTICS.
THE CANADARM AND OTHER THINGS WE
HAVE ACCOMPLISH BUT ROBOTS DON'T
MAKE FOR GREAT T.V. OR GREAT
INTERVIEWS AND CHRIS HADFIELD
HAS DONE JUST THAT.
I MEAN, WAS IT PURPOSEFULLY
ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN TO
GENERATE THAT KIND OF INTEREST?
>> Marc Garneau: NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANT A SPACE PROGRAMME TO
BE SUPPORTED YOU HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
AND, ONE OF THE THINGS NASA
NOTICED WAS WHEN THEY RETIRED
THE SHUTTLES, SUDDENLY, YOU
DIDN'T SEE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A
YEAR A SHUTTLE TAKING OFF AND
SOME INTEREST GENERATED.
AND THEY WERE BECOMING
INVISIBLE.
EVEN THE ASTRONAUTS HAD TO GO TO
KAZAKHSTAN TO BE LAUNCHED.
SO WHAT CHRIS HAS DONE HAS PUT
THEM BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AND
I THINK THEY REALIZE THEY'RE
ONTO A GOOD THING AND HAVE TO
CONTINUE IT.
ULTIMATELY, PUBLIC SUPPORT IS
IMPORTANT.
>> Mark: LET'S TURN THE
SPOTLIGHT BACK TO CHRIS HADFIELD
AS WE ARE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE
AWAY FROM TOUCHDOWN AND LET'S
LISTEN INTO THE FINAL MINUTE, AS
CHRIS HADFIELD RETURNS TO EARTH.
>> UNINTELLIGIBLE.
JUST GREAT.
WE ARE READY.
WE ARE READY.
>> FOR THE CRAFT, 900 METRES.
COMING FROM THE SEARCH AND
RECOVERY FORCES, AS YOU CAN SEE,
ON-SCENE, RUSSIAN MI-8
HELICOPTER CIRCLING THE LANDING
ZONE IN PREPARATION.
THE GROUND IN SIGHT.
>> Mark: THERE YOU HAVE IT,
AFTER 146 DAYS, CIRCLING THE
EARTH, CHRIS HADFIELD IS BACK ON
TERRA FIRMA.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE PARACHUTE
COMING DOWN AND THE PLUME COMING
OUT OF THE SOFT ENGINES AND
UNOFFICIAL LANDING TIME 9:31
P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THREE FORMER EXPEDITION 35
CREWMEMBERS, RETURNING TO EARTH.
>> Mark: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
HE'S HOME.
>> Marc Garneau: AN INCREDIBLE
MISSION.
>> Mark: FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE
THERE, MARC GARNEAU IS JOINING
ME HERE, CANADA'S FIRST
ASTRONAUT.
LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS A ROUTINE
LANDING?
>> Marc Garneau: IT WAS A
ROUTINE LANDING AND WE SAW THE
PARACHUTE COLLAPSE AND A PUFF OF
SMOKE BECAUSE OF THE THRUSTERS
THAT WERE FIRED TO SLOW THEM
DOWN AND THAT SENDS A BUNCH OF
DUST ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> Mark: AND, ALREADY WE'RE
GETTING THE FIRST MESSAGE FROM
ROMAN ROMANENKO, THE RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT THERE, SAYING IT IS
BEAUTIFUL, THIS MORNING HERE, HE
A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME THAN
CHRIS HADFIELD.
VEHICLES ARE STANDING BY AT THE
LANDING SITE TO MAKE SURE IF
THERE ARE PROBLEMS NOW AND YOU
MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THE
PHYSICAL TOLL THAT COULD BE
TAKEN.
WILL THEY FEEL IT IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THEY'VE HAD THE RAPID
REENTRY?
TALKING ABOUT THE G FORCES THEY
FELT ON THE RIDE DOWN AND NOW,
WILL THEY FEEL IT WHEN THE HATCH
IS OPEN?
>> Marc Garneau: THEY ARE
FEELING IT NOW AND IN FACT IN
SOME CASES IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
THE ASTRONAUTS TO ACTUALLY GET
THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR SEATS,
AFTER SUCH A LONG PERIOD AND
WEIGHTLESSNESS BUT, OF COURSE,
THE SEARCH AND RECOVERY FORCES
ARE THERE, THEY'LL HELP THEM
OUT.
AND, THEY'LL -- YOU MAY SEE THEM
CARRIED AS OPPOSED TO THEM YOU
CA-- CARRIED AS OPPOSED TO BE
WALKING AROUND.
>> Mark: IN A WORLD WHERE
NOTHING RUNS ON TIME THEY SAID
IT WOULD LAND AT 10:31.
>> Marc Garneau: THAT IS THE
MIRACLE.
>> Mark: IT LANDED AT 10:31.
>> Marc Garneau: I REMEMBER THE
FIRST TIME I SAW THE SPACE
SHUTTLE LAND AND I REMEMBER THEY
SAID IT WOULD LAND AT A CERTAIN
HOUR AND IT NAILED IT AND THIS
IS THE INCREDIBLE THING, IT
SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US, IT IS
ORBITAL MECHANICS AND THE LAWS
OF PHYSICS AND HAS TO HAPPEN
THAT WAY, OTHERWISE WE'RE IN
TROUBLE.
>> Mark: AND CHRIS HADFIELD NOW,
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AS
WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WILL BE MET
THERE, HE'LL BE SHUTTLED BACK
AND I KNOW HE HAS TO GO TO
HOUSTON AS WELL AND WHAT IS
AHEAD FOR HIM?
>> Marc Garneau: WHAT IS AHEAD
IS THAT, ONCE THEY'VE TAKEN THEM
OUT OF THE CAPSULE THEY'LL --
THERE WILL BE A PHOTO OP AND
THERE WILL BE A CURSORY MEDICAL
EXAMINATION LOOKING AT THEIR
VITAL SIGNS, THEY'LL BE LOADED
ON A HELICOPTER AND GO TO AN
AIRPORT WHERE THERE IS A NASA
GULF STREAM AIRCRAFT AND THEY
WILL FLY BACK TO HOUSTON.
IT IS ABOUT A 20 HOUR FLIGHT
WITH STOPOVERS AND SO, THIS TIME
TOMORROW, THEY WILL BE BACK IN
HOUSTON.
>> Mark: TELL ME, AS ONE OF THE
FEW PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN THERE,
IS IT HAPPY TO BE HOME?
OR THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT IT IS
OVER?
>> Marc Garneau: I THINK IT IS
MOSTLY THE HAPPINESS OF BEING
HOME AND WANTING TO TALK ABOUT
IT, TO YOUR LOVED ONES AND ALL
THAT.
BUT, AT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND,
THERE IS THAT LITTLE FEELING
THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE
CHRIS'S LAST MISSION.
IT MAY NOT.
HE'S GOT SUCH TALENT, HOPEFULLY,
HE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE BUT HE
ALSO KNOWS THAT IT MIGHT BE THE
LAST TIME HE IS IN SPACE AND SO
A CERTAIN SADNESS.
>> Mark: THREE TIMES THE CHARM
FOR CHRIS HADFIELD.
>> Marc Garneau: INDEED.
>> Mark: WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES
WATCHING, AND LET'S GO TO THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, IN
QUEBEC, WHERE CATHERINE CULLEN
IS STANDING BY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE AS HE TOUCHED
DOWN THERE?
WHAT WAS THE REACTION INSIDE THE
ROOM TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE EVERY
SET OF EYES IN THE ROOM TRAINED
ON THE PARACHUTE AS IT FLOWED
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
AS EARTH CAME INTO VIEW YOU
COULD FEEL THE ELECTRICITY
CRACKLE.
A LITTLE MORE IN THE ROOM,
SILENCE, I HEARD A GASP OR TWO,
AT LEAST ONE, OH, MY GOD, A
PAUSE AND THEN AS IT WAS OBVIOUS
THE CAPSULE MADE IT DOWN SAFELY,
BURST INTO APPLAUSE, EVERYBODY
HERE QUITE HAPPY, WE HAD A
COUPLE ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE SINCE
THEY'VE LANDED AND EVERYBODY IS
SATISFIED TO SEE THAT THEIR GUY
HAS MADE IT HOME SAFELY IN ALL
OF THIS.
>> Mark: CERTAINLY A SUCCESSFUL
MISSION NOT ONLY FOR CHRIS
HADFIELD BUT FOR THE CANADIAN
SPACE AGENCY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
LIVING WITH 16 SUN RISES AN 16
SUNSETS EVERY DAY, WILL ALSO
THROW YOUR BODY OFF.
SPACE TRAVEL CAN TAKE QUITE A
TOLL.
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.
SO OUR HEALTH REPORTER KELLY
CROWE ON WHAT HADFIELD HAS BEEN
UP AGAINST AND SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES AHEAD.
>> Interview: WEIGHTLESSNESS IS
COOL.
>> Reporter: WEIGHTLESSNESS
MIGHT BE FUN BUT IT IS ***
THE HUMAN BODY AS HE FLOATED IN
LOW-EARTH ORBIT, HIS MUSCLES
ATROPHIED, ARTERIES STIFFENED.
HE LOST BONE MASS THREE TIMES
FASTER THAN A 60-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
AND IN OTHER WORDS, AGED AT
HYPER SPEED.
>> Interview: ONE WAY WE ARE
LEARNING, RECENTLY IS IT AFFECTS
YOUR VISION AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHY BUT IT MAKES SOME PEOPLE'S
VISION WORSE.
>> Reporter: ON TOP OF THAT HE'S
DOWN HALF A LITRE OF BLOOD AND
REFLEXES THAT REGULATE BLOOD
PRESSURE ARE OUT OF SHAPE.
IT IS AS THOUGH HE HAS BEEN
LYING IN BED FOR THE LAST FIVE
MONTHS.
>> Interview: IT TAKES 4-6 WEEKS
TO FEEL ABSOLUTELY NORMAL.
>> Reporter: ASTRONAUT BOB
THIRSK SPENT 6 MONTHS IN THE
SPACE STATION AND KNOWS WHAT HE
IS GOING THROUGH.
>> Interview: IN MY CASE I
NEEDED AN INFUSION OF SALINE TO
MAINTAIN MY BLOOD PRESSURE.
>> Interview: OUR LEGS GET
SKINNY UP HERE, BECAUSE GRAVITY
IS NOT PUSHING THE FLUIDS DOWN
TO OUR LEGS.
>> Reporter: TO MINIMIZE THE
DAMAGE, HADFIELD ATE NUTRITIOUS
FOOD, MAINTAINED GOOD PERSONAL
GROOMING.
>> Interview: THAT ONE GOT AWAY.
>> Reporter: THOUGH THERE IS NO
WHERE TO SPIT IN SPACE.
>> Interview: I SWALLOWED THE
TOOTHPASTE.
>> Reporter: AND EXERCISED TWO
HOURS, EVERY DAY.
♪♪♪
>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT HELPS
BUT, STILL, HIS BODY HAS
SUFFERED.
AND, SCIENTISTS WANT TO KNOW
MORE.
SO, HADFIELD'S BLOOD WILL
EVENTUALLY END UP HERE, IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO FREEZER
AS PART OF A GROWING COLLECTION
OF SPACE BLOOD FROM 8 ASTRONAUTS
AND COUNTING.
THIS PROFESSOR IS STUDYING THE
EFFECT OF SPACE TRAVEL ON BLOOD
PRESSURE AND BLOOD VESSELS.
HIS PREDICTION THAT ARTERIES
WOULD STIFFEN IN SPACE IS
TURNING OUT TO BE TRUE.
>> Interview: WE DON'T BELIEVE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LASTING
EFFECT BUT WE DON'T KNOW AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL NOT KNOW
UNTIL WE HAVE ANOTHER EXPERIMENT
THAT IS ABOUT TO START UP AND
WE'LL FOLLOW THEM FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME.
>> Reporter: RESEARCH INTENDED
TO BETTER PREPARE HUMANS FOR
FUTURE SPACE TRAVEL AND TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE AGING
PROCESS HERE ON EARTH.
AND, TODAY, THEY ARE BUSY
PACKING UP THE LAB AND MOVING IT
TO HOUSTON.
TO THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTRE,
WHERE THEY'LL MEET CHRIS
HADFIELD AND START MONITORING
HIS RETURN TO GRAVITY.
KELLY CROWE, CBC NEWS, WATERLOO,
ONTARIO.
>> Mark: BEFORE HE LIFTED OFF,
IN DECEMBER, JEAN-FRANCOIS
BELANGER SPENT TIME WITH HIM AND
TONIGHT IS AT THE RUSSIAN SPACE
AGENCY'S MISSION CONTROL CENTRE
IN RUSSIAN, SET THE SCENE FOR US
THERE.
>> Interview: TELL ME WHEN YOU
ARE ON THE AIR.
I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
>> Mark: WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
LAND A GUY FROM MISSION CONTROL,
BUT WE CAN'T HOOK UP WITH OUR
REPORTER.
WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK TO
JEAN-FRANCOIS BELANGER AND GET
OUR DETECTIVES IN A ROW, TAKE A
BREAK AND CATCH OUR
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