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[00:00:02] Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut, Oleg Novitsky!
[00:00:17] Oleg Viktorovich, you have the right to refuse to answer a question three times,
[00:00:21] and pay attention to the questions, at the end of the program,
[00:00:24] you will have to choose the best one, now you have one
[00:00:28] minute to briefly tell us about... yourself, time
[00:00:31] has started.
[00:00:36] I was born on October 12, 1971 in the city
[00:00:39] of Cherven, Minsk region, it's very close to Minsk,
[00:00:43] literally 60 km away, I graduated from high school, from childhood
[00:00:47] I dreamed of becoming a military pilot, I diligently prepared for
[00:00:51] this, and I was lucky to enter the Borisoglebsk
[00:00:54] Higher Military Aviation School for pilots. After graduation,
[00:00:57] I served for a long time in... in the Caucasus,
[00:01:01] I submitted documents to the Air Force Academy, and after graduating from the academy,
[00:01:04] I learned that they were recruiting for the cosmonaut corps. During my time at the cosmonaut training
[00:01:08] center, I completed three flights into open space, and performed three spacewalks.
[00:01:12] Now I am preparing for my fourth
[00:01:15] short flight with our countrywomen, one of them
[00:01:19] will fly, and today I am happy to be present at our meeting, I
[00:01:22] will finish.
[00:01:25] You made it in 1 minute, Oleg Viktorovich, flight
[00:01:28] is normal, excellent. So, we have 100
[00:01:32] children in the studio, each of them has a question, let's see how many
[00:01:35] questions you manage to answer, who will start. Oleg
[00:01:38] Viktorovich, when did you first want to become
[00:01:41] a cosmonaut? My dream was to become a military pilot, but I always liked
[00:01:45] to look at the dark starry sky, when the opportunity arose, I immediately
[00:01:48] took it.
[00:01:50] Who helped you become who you are now? Who
[00:01:54] influenced this the most? The school had a very strong
[00:01:57] influence, because...
[00:02:02] my father had a very strong influence on me, who instilled some of his
[00:02:06] traits in me, the instructors gave a lot during flight
[00:02:09] training, who taught not only how to fly, but also how to
[00:02:13] behave accordingly, well, as for cosmonautics, yes,
[00:02:16] one can simply think about Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, who flew into the unknown,
[00:02:20] he was not afraid, he knew that he might not return from there,
[00:02:24] there was no such concept as living in space, how to fly there, how the body
[00:02:27] would behave, dogs.
[00:02:38] That's certainly good, but a human is a thinking being, so to speak, and how he will behave alone in the ship, but nevertheless he coped with it, this is also a very good example to
[00:02:42] follow and for life in
[00:02:44] general.
[00:02:47] Oleg Viktorovich, we are turning 180 degrees,
[00:02:50] a question from the black sector, please, raise your hand, who is asking
[00:02:53] the question? Hello, Olegrovich, how did your
[00:02:57] family react to this career choice, or were they also
[00:03:00] cosmonauts? No, they were not cosmonauts, my family found
[00:03:04] out practically at the last moment, because the selection
[00:03:07] process took a very long time, I later informed my father
[00:03:11] and mother that I had indeed passed the selection, because it was not necessary
[00:03:14] to talk about it prematurely.
[00:03:16] Thank you.
[00:03:18] The next question is on the left, yellow sector. Hello, my name is Vera,
[00:03:22] please tell me, how did you study at school, what subjects
[00:03:26] were your favorites, and which ones were not so much? I studied at school. My favorite
[00:03:37] subjects were
[00:03:39] physics, geometry,
[00:03:43] physical education, initial military training, geography.
[00:03:46] Oleg Viktorovich, can you tell us an interesting story from
[00:03:50] school? Well, all the stories at school were interesting, for some reason I only
[00:03:53] remember the good ones, like going to classes, I always, even
[00:03:57] now when I look, really liked the school uniform. I liked that we
[00:04:00] had labor classes, I don't know if they still exist now, but they do,
[00:04:04] yes, so we were prepared for a profession from childhood, the guys there learned,
[00:04:08] for example, to work with wood and metal, and even back then, when we were
[00:04:11] little, there weren't as many toys as there are now, we mostly made everything
[00:04:15] ourselves, thank you, turning
[00:04:18] 180 degrees, a question from the purple sector, please, raise
[00:04:22] your hand, Oleg Viktorovich, what is the brightest moment from your
[00:04:26] childhood that you would like to relive, if you had the chance? The brightest
[00:04:30] moment, well, again, it's hard to say, now
[00:04:32] it just came to mind, when we played
[00:04:35] soccer, at our school's stadium, I managed
[00:04:39] to score a goal with my head, falling backwards,
[00:04:42] that was cool, thank you very much.
[00:04:56] How is a cosmonaut prepared for flight? Well, a cosmonaut prepares for
[00:04:59] flight for a very long time, because first we undergo general space
[00:05:03] training, which is about one and a half to two years, then there is group
[00:05:06] specialization training, also one and a half years, then, if
[00:05:10] you are assigned to a crew, and statistically, half of the selected
[00:05:13] cosmonauts don't fly, then you start preparing for your flight for about one and a half
[00:05:17] years, that is, the minimum period is about 5 years. What can cause
[00:05:20] a flight to be postponed? Well, probably,
[00:05:23] first of all, due to safety concerns, because the
[00:05:27] launch window is not very large, meaning a rocket malfunction, unfavorable
[00:05:31] weather conditions, although all this is predicted much in advance, but nevertheless, for
[00:05:34] such reasons, a flight may be delayed. We continue
[00:05:38] moving to the left, red sector. Hello,
[00:05:42] my name is. Artemiy,
[00:05:44] is a rocket launch similar to a plane takeoff? No,
[00:05:48] a plane takes off, so to speak, after a short run-up
[00:05:52] and smoothly gains altitude, while a rocket launches practically
[00:05:54] vertically, and the g-forces on a rocket are
[00:05:58] several times greater than during a plane takeoff.
[00:06:01] Why do parts fall off a rocket during
[00:06:05] launch? Well, they don't fall off, that would be a bad rocket, if they
[00:06:08] fell off. In fact, these are simply expended stages.
[00:06:12] They separate according to the flight program and fall to
[00:06:15] Earth. Hello, my name is Yulia.
[00:06:18] Tell me, were you scared to make your first flight into space, and what were your
[00:06:22] feelings? Well, I probably wasn't scared, it was probably terrifyingly
[00:06:26] interesting, because you never know and have never
[00:06:29] experienced what such sensations are like. The stories of
[00:06:32] those comrades and friends who have already completed their flight are only their
[00:06:35] impressions, so you simply await your first impressions,
[00:06:39] which will appear. And the most vivid, probably, was when... the head fairing
[00:06:43] flaps opened, and you could see the planet in the window, even if only for a short time,
[00:06:46] during the rocket's launch process. Do you
[00:06:50] like the feeling of risk? I think
[00:06:53] every man likes it. Thank you very much for
[00:06:56] your answer. Turning
[00:06:59] 180 degrees. Yellow sector. Tell me,
[00:07:02] please, does a rocket have a steering wheel? Well, on
[00:07:05] the engines in the first stage there are so-called fins, small
[00:07:09] rudders. But overall, the rocket, of course, is controlled with the help of.
[00:08:42] How long can one stay in open space? Well, it depends on
[00:08:45] the intensity of the cosmonaut's work in the spacesuit, about 8-9
[00:08:48] hours, that is, as long as the carbon dioxide scrubber cartridge lasts.
[00:08:52] Why is the spacesuit so big? Well, if we take the spacesuit that cosmonauts
[00:08:56] wear for flights on the spacecraft, it's not very big,
[00:08:59] it weighs about 13 kg. But the spacesuit that
[00:09:02] is designed for spacewalks is indeed large, weighing over 100
[00:09:06] kg. And its size depends on the need to
[00:09:09] accommodate all the life support systems for the cosmonaut, specifically
[00:09:13] ensuring safe work in open space. And what
[00:09:16] do you do if your nose itches? You can
[00:09:19] scratch it inside the spacesuit, and there are some elements inside, there's even
[00:09:23] a Valsalva device that helps relieve
[00:09:26] pressure on the eardrums during pressure changes, so you can scratch
[00:09:29] your nose calmly.
[00:09:32] Hello, my name is Victoria, what do cosmonauts wear under their spacesuit?
[00:09:36] Again, if we take the spacesuit worn for flights on the ship, only
[00:09:40] cotton underwear is worn. If we take spacesuits for spacewalks,
[00:09:44] cotton underwear is also worn, and on top of that, a blue
[00:09:48] liquid cooling garment is worn, that is, a suit made
[00:09:52] up of capillary tubes
[00:09:55] to remove heat from the human body, from a person's body.
[00:09:59] Cotton underwear is used because in a pure oxygen
[00:10:02] atmosphere, either in the spacecraft or spacesuit, there is a possibility of oxygen ignition from
[00:10:06] static electricity, so only cotton underwear is used. Can you take
[00:10:10] your favorite tracksuits to space, for example?
[00:10:13] You need to understand why they are there, because each cosmonaut
[00:10:17] is fully provided with food and clothing, but
[00:10:20] a cosmonaut has the right to take some personal items, but usually they take some letters,
[00:10:24] photographs, small souvenirs. For those colleagues
[00:10:27] who, for example, have a birthday on orbit, or for example,
[00:10:31] New Year, and you want to make a small surprise for each of them,
[00:10:34] all these things undergo a special commission so that they are not
[00:10:38] dangerous for the crew in zero gravity conditions, so that they do not
[00:10:41] crumble, so that they are not glass items, not piercing, not cutting, not
[00:10:44] having a strong smell.
[00:10:51] The next question to your left is the yellow sector. How do
[00:10:55] cosmonauts eat, is it tasty or not? Well, judging by the size of my face, we
[00:10:59] don't starve there, believe me, there's very little food in tubes now,
[00:11:02] it's mostly freeze-dried food, that is, cooked and dehydrated, there's also
[00:11:06] a lot of food in canned goods, in large and small cans,
[00:11:10] only honey and a few types of
[00:11:13] seasonings are left in tubes. What home food do you miss most
[00:11:17] in space? Well, probably, like any person, they miss exactly
[00:11:21] what they are deprived of, that is, if we cannot cook shish kebab on the station, then of course
[00:11:25] they want shish kebab, for example, or fried eggs, fried potatoes, because all
[00:11:29] these products cannot be cooked there. Oleg Viktorovich, is alcohol
[00:11:32] allowed? No, alcohol is prohibited on
[00:11:35] the station.
[00:11:38] A question from the violet sector, how do you sleep in zero gravity, and do you ever
[00:11:42] have insomnia? Cosmonauts sleep in special sleeping bags that
[00:11:46] are attached to the station's hull. On the Russian segment, there are three
[00:11:49] cabins, so in principle, each crew member has their own cabin, it's
[00:11:52] small, and the cosmonaut closes their sleeping bag,
[00:11:55] zips it up and rests in it, so
[00:11:59] to speak. Insomnia, I
[00:12:03] never suffered from it, but at first during the first flight it was difficult to fall asleep, because the body didn't feel
[00:12:07] that support against the back, and at first I had to just brace
[00:12:10] my knees against the wall of the cabin to make it feel like
[00:12:13] there was some support. Well, that passed in about two or three weeks. And
[00:12:17] what dreams do you have in space? I don't even have them on Earth,
[00:12:20] so I slept peacefully in space. How do
[00:12:23] cosmonauts wash and use the toilet in space? Well,
[00:12:27] in a pure sense, we don't have such a process as washing. We have
[00:12:30] a huge number of various napkins, towels, wet wipes with
[00:12:34] some scented impregnations. So you
[00:12:37] can wipe yourself with wet wipes until you are absolutely clean. In principle,
[00:12:40] this is the essence of all hygiene. Cosmonauts use the toilet,
[00:12:43] how can I explain it to you simply? Well, probably like
[00:12:47] a vacuum cleaner, that is, there must be some transporting air
[00:12:50] flow that
[00:12:53] sucks up all your waste
[00:12:55] and then stores it until disposal.
[00:12:59] Who cleans and takes out the trash in space? We
[00:13:02] do the cleaning ourselves, astronauts clean their segment,
[00:13:06] Russian cosmonauts clean their segment of the ISS, so we vacuum,
[00:13:09] treat all surfaces with a special solution, we work in gloves
[00:13:13] to prevent the growth of any
[00:13:16] bacteria, and the trash is then placed in specially
[00:13:19] sealed bags,
[00:13:22] compressed as much as possible so as not to take up too much space later. Sector
[00:13:55] What do you usually do on the space station? Well, first of all,
[00:13:59] we prepare according to the training program, that is, for a year and a half
[00:14:03] before launch, we study the entire flight program, all experiments, all
[00:14:06] repair and recovery work, all kinds of equipment replacements, that is,
[00:14:09] our planning goes so far that in a year and a half we start studying what
[00:14:13] we will do after docking with the station. And
[00:14:16] how do you spend your weekends in space, or do you not have them there, or
[00:14:20] maybe there are some entertainments?
[00:14:22] We do have weekends, usually Saturday, Sunday is a day off, but Saturday for us is
[00:14:26] almost more than half the day occupied with cleaning,
[00:14:30] so on weekends we continue to do sports, this is mandatory for about
[00:14:34] 2-2 and a half hours, and as such,
[00:14:36] I try not to allow free time, because it's easier for a person to
[00:14:40] be away from their friends, from loved ones,
[00:14:43] when they are busy with some work, so we look for any work, we
[00:14:47] take photos, make video recordings.
[00:14:50] The next question is from the yellow sector, to your left,
[00:14:52] what
[00:14:55] can you see from space on Earth? Well, you can see practically everything, if you
[00:14:58] want, we have very good optics, powerful
[00:15:02] magnification. We monitor a lot
[00:15:06] of environmental issues,
[00:15:09] this is good in an operational sense, because if we see
[00:15:12] any spills, for example oil or other
[00:15:15] things, we try to report them to Earth immediately.
[00:15:18] And if there is no such special equipment on Earth
[00:15:22] that can track all this, then our help is very
[00:15:26] much needed by people. And can you see
[00:15:28] Belarus? Belarus is visible, but you need to know your way around well,
[00:15:32] because there are no drawn borders on Earth, like on
[00:15:36] contour maps. Therefore, you need to approach it competently, that is, when
[00:15:40] you are already flying over Europe, you should roughly understand where
[00:15:43] Belarus is, when its borders begin, and it is
[00:15:47] not visible on every orbit, so it was very difficult to
[00:15:50] photograph all my native places, due to
[00:15:53] the weather, due to the fact that the orbits do not pass over Belarus.
[00:15:57] They say the universe is boundless, can you
[00:16:00] imagine that, do you manage to? Yes, in my first
[00:16:04] flight I managed to imagine it,
[00:16:07] because we... observed a comet,
[00:16:10] which the Canadian astronaut Chris
[00:16:13] Hadfield showed us, with a hint from Earth, then I realized
[00:16:17] how vast the universe is, because a comet that flies at enormous
[00:16:20] speed, we observed it for almost 3 days in almost the same
[00:16:24] place, that is, it flies at enormous speed, simply enormous, and yet
[00:16:28] we still saw it for three days, so
[00:16:29] I realized that the universe is indeed simply
[00:16:38] huge. The question to your left, yellow sector, yellow, yellow, yellow, well, my head
[00:16:42] will spin like that, let's check.
[00:16:45] Hello, my name is Lisa, could you compare space to anything,
[00:16:49] if yes, then what? Well, perhaps I cannot compare space to anything at the moment,
[00:16:53] because there is no second such concept,
[00:16:57] perhaps,
[00:16:59] of some greatness, unconquered
[00:17:03] something, yes, we can work, but again, we work at a
[00:17:06] distance of kilometers from Earth, although we say that yes, we fly into space,
[00:17:10] in fact, this distance is like from me to Moscow,
[00:17:13] and to say that we are conquering it is also not possible, we
[00:17:16] adapt, it is not our environment, new greatness,
[00:17:20] it conquers, of course, when you realize that you are in some
[00:17:23] single point, you are like a speck of dust or a grain of sand in the entire vast
[00:17:26] universe, and you don't know what is located somewhere, perhaps
[00:17:30] nearby or far away, you don't understand, you can't operate with such
[00:17:34] concepts, because this is still unknown to man. The next question
[00:17:38] to your right is the red sector. Please tell me,
[00:17:40] what happens if a person gets sick in
[00:17:43] space, and how long will it take for a doctor to arrive?
[00:17:47] Is it even possible to get sick there? Well, first of all, the training
[00:17:50] implies that we don't get sick, and a cosmonaut
[00:17:53] initially, even a cosmonaut candidate, is selected with the expectation
[00:17:56] that their health reserve will allow them to complete not one flight, but
[00:18:00] several. And in the process of training, we have several
[00:18:03] medical commissions a year, when we are checked, very serious examinations are performed.
[00:18:08] Before the launch at Baikonur, we arrive there two weeks in advance, it's already an
[00:18:11] isolation regime, no one even shakes hands with the crew, and the closer to
[00:18:15] the launch, the more cosmonauts generally
[00:18:18] communicate with the press, with some specialists already through
[00:18:21] glass, but nevertheless, there is a huge stock of
[00:18:24] medications on the station, if something happens to the cosmonaut, well, let's
[00:18:28] say, although I don't remember such a case, then
[00:18:31] the communication channel is closed, he can talk to a doctor and the doctor will
[00:18:35] give him some recommendations. But getting sick on the station is difficult, of course, mainly
[00:18:39] some minor injuries, scratches, bruises can occur.
[00:18:42] Can they be quarantined? There's nowhere to quarantine there, the station is not
[00:18:46] very big. Turning
[00:18:50] 180 degrees, a question from the black sector, do you have
[00:18:54] a family, children, and what do they do? Yes, I have two wonderful
[00:18:57] daughters, the elder is 26 years old, she works
[00:19:01] for the Moscow City Telecommunication Network,
[00:19:04] and the younger one is 7 years old and goes to first grade in
[00:19:07] Star City. And also, would you like
[00:19:11] your children to follow in your footsteps, or do they not have such a
[00:19:14] desire? Well, I would like my children, just like
[00:19:18] me, to find their beloved profession, and to strive
[00:19:21] to fully realize themselves in it. Hello, Oleg
[00:19:24] Viktorovich, I wanted to ask a question: how long
[00:19:27] does a flight usually last? Well, it varies for everyone, mostly
[00:19:31] recently we've been flying for about six months, plus or minus a few
[00:19:35] days. Now Oleg Kononenko, the commander... has left for a year-long
[00:19:38] flight. My flight, for example, will be shorter, about
[00:19:41] 2 weeks. So it all depends on the flight program and its goals. Oleg
[00:19:45] Viktorovich, what was your longest
[00:19:49] flight? 193 days. Wow,
[00:19:52] applause. Turning
[00:19:56] 180 degrees. Question from the violet sector. Do you have the opportunity
[00:20:00] to communicate with loved ones during the flight? Yes, such
[00:20:02] an opportunity exists, you can call using so-called IP telephony.
[00:20:06] Our partners. a slight
[00:20:16] delay of about 2-3 seconds, this must be taken into account, and once a
[00:20:19] week a video conference
[00:20:22] is arranged with loved ones, where you can communicate with them via video call.
[00:20:26] Now, for example, the station's resources allow
[00:20:29] you to use Wi-Fi that is inside, you can fly around the station with a laptop or tablet,
[00:20:33] show the entire interior and...
[00:20:37] show views of Earth through the emulator. Can you
[00:20:40] send packages to you? Yes, you can, usually in the cargo ship the family
[00:20:44] packs some parcels. We have
[00:20:47] a psychological support group, they can also put something in. But usually not very
[00:20:51] big ones, because the cargo flow is very, so to speak, expensive.
[00:20:54] In general, these are small bonuses for the cosmonaut,
[00:20:57] such as, for example, oranges, yes, someone might ask for
[00:21:00] a tomato, someone for an onion, someone, I don't know, a book or
[00:21:04] a movie, that is, all this is welcome. What will definitely not
[00:21:07] be allowed? Well, for example, no one will let you send a canister of
[00:21:10] gasoline. The next question is to your left,
[00:21:13] this is the black sector. Please introduce yourself. Hello, my name is
[00:21:17] Masha, I have a question, are there any?
[00:22:20] They think they were on the moon, but some think it's a staged event
[00:22:23] filmed in Hollywood. What do you think about it? Well, I,
[00:22:27] probably, unfortunately or fortunately, wasn't there in those times
[00:22:31] when they flew to the moon, but at least Alexey
[00:22:34] Arkhipovich Leonov said that yes, they had a flight, they were there,
[00:22:37] so I think one can rely on the opinion of such a significant
[00:22:40] person. Which are the most developed countries in the field of
[00:22:44] space? Well, undoubtedly, these are probably all the countries that
[00:22:47] are participants in the ISS project, that is... around 15-16
[00:22:51] countries, but the most powerful, of course, are Russia,
[00:22:54] America and probably China now, and
[00:22:58] of course, Belarus is also a space power. And why is Russia
[00:23:02] the main space power, what does that mean? Well, that means,
[00:23:06] first of all, that we are the first space power, we were the first to launch a satellite, the first to
[00:23:09] launch a human into space, the first to go out into open space, we have a lot
[00:23:13] of achievements, so I believe that our leadership in this regard should not
[00:23:17] be questioned. Thank you.
[00:23:20] Turning 180 degrees. Oleg
[00:23:22] Viktorovich, a question from the yellow sector awaits you. Please introduce yourself. Hello, my
[00:23:26] name is Liza, is the International Space Station old? This year
[00:23:30] it turned 25 years old. And what will happen
[00:23:33] to it when its operational life ends? Will humanity be without
[00:23:36] space? Humanity will not be without space, just as space will not be without
[00:23:39] people. We already have a project
[00:23:42] now, a Russian orbital
[00:23:46] station is being developed. As for the ISS, its lifespan
[00:23:51] in orbit is slightly extended, because it is still in
[00:23:54] pretty good condition, and the question of its
[00:23:57] future is being decided by all space
[00:24:00] agencies. This is not a unilateral decision by
[00:24:04] one country, it will be a collective decision on what to do with it next.
[00:24:36] Belarusian cuisine and its traditions have been forming for
[00:24:39] several centuries. And together with
[00:24:42] Lyudmila Pavlovna Chirkun, we will be making kvass with
[00:24:46] burbot. While our kvass is being prepared, we will prepare the frying.
[00:25:20] pork, we have pork tongue, and we will not
[00:25:23] take it all, we will take this part,
[00:25:27] where it is more fatty, Grandma
[00:25:31] is more delicate, fluffy,
[00:25:35] such a fragrance of it, oh, this is lard,
[00:25:38] look, culinary-historical show,
[00:25:41] Belarusian cuisine on our
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[00:25:46] we talk about the most interesting things from the world of science:
[00:25:50] This activity is equally useful at any
[00:25:52] age, for a child or a pensioner. It treats
[00:25:56] the back, trains the lungs, relieves stress, and is rightly considered
[00:26:00] one of the safest types
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[00:27:45] The film "The Challenge" was shot on the International Space Station, in which you
[00:27:48] also participated. Please tell us your impressions. Well, the impressions
[00:27:52] are very interesting, if only because we were never trained
[00:27:55] to perform an actor's job,
[00:27:59] just as the guys were not trained for space.
[00:28:36] the number of people they replaced on
[00:28:39] Earth, whom they could replace, yes, and behind
[00:28:43] the scenes, probably, an enormous amount of material was left,
[00:28:46] since I know from the 10 days they worked in orbit and
[00:28:50] filmed there, not all the time, only at designated hours, but
[00:28:54] the film, as far as I remember, was only 38 minutes long, so a lot of material was just left on
[00:28:58] Klim's storage devices. And what in the film
[00:29:01] was true and what was not? Well, first of all, it's true that they
[00:29:04] still filmed this movie in space, no matter how many people said that it was
[00:29:08] a studio shoot, but it's likely not true, everyone
[00:29:11] understands that Yulia would not have been allowed to go out into open space, although
[00:29:15] Klim's idea was excellent, it all
[00:29:18] looks very, well, plausible and interesting. Did you watch the movie?
[00:29:22] Yes, I watched it, of course, I am very critical of myself,
[00:29:25] since I remember all these moments, how we were filmed, who felt
[00:29:28] this moment, so I cannot judge the quality of my work as
[00:29:32] an actor. Tell me, on Earth there are many disagreements between people, in
[00:29:36] space do you get along with each other or are there still some disputes on
[00:29:40] the International Space Station, and if so, for what reason?
[00:29:44] Well, there are no disputes as such, because everyone perfectly understands where we are, you cannot
[00:29:47] quarrel with a person, go out and slam the door, and then not talk to them, there's
[00:29:51] nowhere to go. As for events on Earth,
[00:29:55] we perfectly understand that Earth is our common home, when you
[00:29:58] fly, you don't see borders, in this regard you don't understand
[00:30:02] why wars happen, why some such
[00:30:06] human catastrophes happen, why people die
[00:30:10] because of decisions, for example, of superiors, and
[00:30:14] accordingly, at the station there is no
[00:30:16] question of nationality, no question of religion, we live very
[00:30:20] amicably, and moreover, perhaps it's partly
[00:30:22] because we depend on each other, in some emergency
[00:30:26] situation, for example, depressurization, fire, a leak, you cannot tell your
[00:30:30] partner, we will not help you put out the fire, because
[00:30:40] timely return to Earth, not immediate, but
[00:30:43] timely. We turn
[00:30:46] 180 degrees, this is the yellow sector. Hello,
[00:30:49] Oleg Viktorovich, I'm Polina, do you believe in
[00:30:52] God, well, maybe not directly God himself, but there are some
[00:30:56] higher powers above us, by chance you didn't
[00:30:59] meet him up there, no, but I think he's watching over us, we're
[00:31:02] working there. And did you by chance not see aliens or anything
[00:31:06] unusual? No, I didn't see anything unusual, I didn't
[00:31:09] see aliens, do you generally believe in the existence of extraterrestrial
[00:31:13] civilization? Maybe there are some forms of life that we don't
[00:31:17] know about or can't yet somehow define,
[00:31:20] see. We turn 180 degrees.
[00:31:23] Red sector. Belarusian girls are now preparing to go into
[00:31:27] space. Do you think this is for image or does it have practical
[00:31:30] sense? Well, I think both positions
[00:31:34] are valid here. And Belarus is considered
[00:31:38] a space power, right? And why
[00:31:40] can't it have, for example, an astronaut who will perform some
[00:31:43] tasks set by the same Academy of Sciences? This
[00:31:47] is good in terms of image and in terms of some professional work, the preparation
[00:31:51] is going very well, the girls are in principle
[00:31:55] very diligent, they really impressed
[00:31:58] the instructors, showing such good, healthy
[00:32:01] zeal, in general, the preparation is going, so to speak,
[00:32:04] in its own way, without delay, even in matters that the girls are not
[00:32:08] professionals in the space industry, but nevertheless they perform all their
[00:32:11] duties very well. Well, do you think they are ready? At
[00:32:15] the moment, of course not, we still have several months of
[00:32:18] training ahead, only after passing the state exams will we say that
[00:32:21] the crew is fully ready, including me. Hello, my name is
[00:32:25] Vanya, do astronauts receive a high salary? Well, I wouldn't say
[00:32:29] a high salary, an astronaut's salary in Russia, at least, is less
[00:32:32] than a civil aviation pilot's salary. And how
[00:32:35] do you know you've been paid when you're in space?
[00:32:39] While in space, we are not really interested in this, since we cannot
[00:32:42] know how much has been deposited into your
[00:32:45] card, or what you need to buy with that money, you are fully
[00:32:49] provided for by the state when working on the station, so you try to
[00:32:52] work as efficiently as possible to meet the expectations
[00:32:55] of experiment setters, specialists in all systems, to precisely
[00:32:59] complete the entire flight program. And tell me please, where are you more
[00:33:03] interested, in space or on Earth? Well, everything has its own
[00:33:06] time, when you work in orbit, naturally, you
[00:33:09] get a lot of impressions and you like it all, it's interesting, but
[00:33:13] there comes a moment when you... you understand that yes, you
[00:33:16] want to go home, you want to talk live with your friends,
[00:33:20] go for a normal shower, for example, walk in the forest,
[00:33:24] when you arrive, a period of rehabilitation passes, then
[00:33:27] the thought arises that yes, you have already rested,
[00:33:30] recovered, thoughts arise about when you will be assigned the next
[00:33:34] flight preparation to return to the station. So if
[00:33:37] such nostalgia kicks in, what do you do? We just
[00:33:40] continue to work. And do you sing? We sing and
[00:33:44] play the guitar. Right now we just had an crew meeting,
[00:33:46] literally this Friday, in general, the
[00:33:50] rehabilitation period ended, and the guys say that there are three
[00:33:53] guitars on the station now, there is a synthesizer, there is even a harmonica,
[00:33:56] that is, at the end of the working week, we usually try to organize
[00:34:00] such joint crew dinners, that is, either we invite our partners
[00:34:04] to our place, or we go to their place as guests, it usually
[00:34:07] ends with watching a movie or playing the guitar, that is,
[00:34:10] singing songs. And maybe let's sing? What are you ready
[00:34:14] to perform? A song with the hero-cosmonaut?
[00:34:18] Are you ready? But I'm not sure I'll sing it completely, let's listen
[00:34:22] to us.
[00:34:26] Earth in the porthole, Earth in the porthole,
[00:34:30] Earth in the porthole is visible, like
[00:34:33] a son misses his mother, like a son misses his mother, we miss
[00:34:37] the Earth, it is one, and
[00:34:40] the stars, nevertheless, and the stars, nevertheless,
[00:34:43] are also
[00:34:45] cold, and like in the hours of eclipse, and like in
[00:34:49] the hours of eclipse, we dream of Earth.
[00:34:52] We dream not of the
[00:34:56] roar of
[00:34:56] the cosmodrome,
[00:35:00] not this icy
[00:35:04] blueness,
[00:35:07] we dream of grass, grass by
[00:35:10] the house,
[00:35:13] green. Green
[00:35:16] grass. Thank you very much, Darina, thank you very much, Oleg
[00:35:19] Viktorovich.
[00:35:28] Tell me, after the flight, how do you get used to Earth's
[00:35:31] gravity? Well, the human body is built in such a way
[00:35:35] that it adapts very quickly to weightlessness,
[00:35:39] it perfectly understands that such a volume of muscles, bone strength in
[00:35:43] weightlessness is not needed, therefore...
[00:35:45] muscle mass is lost very quickly, calcium is lost,
[00:35:49] that is why we exercise, so that after a six-month flight,
[00:35:53] for example, we can walk calmly, that is, the volume of
[00:35:55] muscles and bone strength are sufficient for this, the only thing that does not work
[00:35:59] is the vestibular apparatus after a long flight, well, initially it can be
[00:36:02] said that weightlessness is a hostile environment for us, and
[00:36:06] the very first impressions, they all pass differently,
[00:36:09] but the face swells, the nose
[00:36:13] gets stuffy, a vomiting reflex may appear, these are such the very
[00:36:16] first impressions and the body's reaction, then you get used
[00:36:20] to it and you like weightlessness, because you
[00:36:24] can fly, calmly move around in the volume of the station,
[00:37:27] positively, because I believe it should exist and be present, even at
[00:37:31] the dawn of aviation, for example, at first only enthusiasts flew,
[00:37:35] probably, right, they crafted wings, then invented
[00:37:38] the airplane, then military pilots started flying, and now any
[00:37:42] person can buy tickets and fly anywhere they want, in the same way, probably, space tourism
[00:37:46] will develop, first they launched a satellite,
[00:37:49] then animals, then a person, then they increased the duration of
[00:37:52] the flight, now tourist flights have begun, well, the most
[00:37:55] important thing, I believe, is that tourist flights should not interfere with
[00:37:59] the professional activities of cosmonauts. I want to fly into space, but tickets to
[00:38:02] space are very expensive. Why? Well, because the manufacturing
[00:38:06] of space technology itself is very expensive, its maintenance,
[00:38:08] ensuring the safety of each tourist, probably, this is where
[00:38:12] the very high prices come from. Hello, my name is
[00:38:15] Veronika, can you reveal the main secrets about
[00:38:18] space to us? The main secrets about space? Yes, well, space
[00:38:22] does exist, the Earth is still round, no matter what many people say, that
[00:38:25] it's flat. We can absolutely definitely
[00:38:29] state that we fly around the Earth, not along it. I have
[00:38:33] such a question: what language is spoken on space stations, in space,
[00:38:37] in principle. Well, let's say, during a flight on a Soyuz spacecraft
[00:38:40] to the station and back, the official language is Russian.
[00:38:44] On the Soyuz spacecraft, only Moscow time is used. When working at the station immediately
[00:38:48] after docking, again officially, the official language
[00:38:51] is English. Well, but nevertheless we speak a mixture
[00:38:54] of languages, a mixture of Russian and English. Well, as we constantly
[00:38:58] joke, we pretend we're speaking English, they pretend they're speaking
[00:39:01] Russian, in this regard, there is also some element of
[00:39:05] a joking interaction, so to speak, again, the language of gestures has not been canceled either.
[00:39:09] Hello, Oleg Viktorovich, please tell me, is time in space
[00:39:13] perceived the same as on Earth? Well, roughly the same, but
[00:39:17] probably, subconsciously, somewhere for half of the expedition, it stretches
[00:39:21] a little, when you pass the middle, as we call
[00:39:24] it the equator, then for some reason it starts to accelerate and imperceptibly... time passes,
[00:39:28] when you, as commander, begin to load
[00:39:30] return cargo into the ship, and this starts two weeks before
[00:39:34] the descent, it accelerates, accelerates, accelerates,
[00:39:37] the moment comes when you need to close the hatches, and
[00:39:39] here already such mixed feelings, you kind of want
[00:39:43] to go home to Earth, to feel this
[00:39:46] gravity, to get these benefits that I mentioned, at the same
[00:39:50] time you perfectly understand that you are leaving a unique object
[00:39:53] created by human hands on a unique laboratory created in orbit of the Earth.
[00:40:27] on a business trip, he is given travel allowances,
[00:40:30] when you are in space, do you get travel allowances? Yes, we have
[00:40:34] travel allowances, yes, it is considered that a flight into space is also a business trip,
[00:40:37] so we also receive travel allowances.
[00:41:08] Hello, my name is Masha, what advice can you give to modern
[00:41:11] youth, based on your own experience? Advice, well, these are
[00:41:15] the simplest, human ones, firstly, to love the
[00:41:18] land where you were born, to take the maximum from
[00:41:21] it, in terms of upbringing, in terms of
[00:41:24] education, and naturally never... forget that you
[00:41:28] are a representative of this land, people look at you,
[00:41:32] who will then judge you, and
[00:41:34] based on this opinion, they will judge the whole, the whole nation, the whole
[00:41:38] republic, the whole... country, that is, you need to
[00:41:41] worthily bear the title, for example, in this case
[00:41:44] of a Belarusian.
[00:41:49] My name is Zlata, I wanted to ask you, what do you think every person
[00:41:52] should do at least once in their life? Well, probably pay
[00:41:56] their debt to the homeland, because I think a person who
[00:41:59] was born in some place, yes, this land
[00:42:03] raised him, gave him education, gave
[00:42:06] him some protection, some confidence in the future,
[00:42:09] surely... it must oblige a person to something,
[00:42:12] he cannot live, well, let's say like a freeloader, only
[00:42:16] receiving something, never giving anything back, that is
[00:42:20] why I believe that you need to love your country,
[00:42:23] maximize it, probably,
[00:42:26] how to worthily
[00:42:28] represent it and try your best to do everything possible so
[00:42:32] that subsequent generations would only
[00:42:35] thank you for preserving what we had, and perhaps even
[00:42:38] increased it. So I think that you need to
[00:42:42] always pay your debt to the country. And I have a question, what
[00:42:45] if your flights to space end, what will you
[00:42:49] spend your time on? Well, I assume that most likely I will either remain
[00:42:52] working on astronaut training, to share
[00:42:56] experience with younger astronauts,
[00:43:00] and perhaps change the direction of my
[00:43:03] activity a bit, because I have already, while at the training center, graduated
[00:43:06] from the Academy under the President of the Russian Federation on issues of
[00:43:10] municipal personnel management, perhaps my abilities in terms of
[00:43:13] organizing some work, will
[00:43:16] again help the state a little,
[00:43:18] since in principle everything I wanted I have in my life,
[00:43:22] I have a house, a car, children, a beloved job,
[00:43:25] and if I can be useful in some other direction, I will only be
[00:43:29] glad.
[00:43:34] Hello, my name is Dominika, do you maintain any social media
[00:43:38] accounts and can you upload any videos directly from space? Well,
[00:43:42] on each flight we did, and it's one of our duties to popularize our
[00:43:45] manned cosmonautics. Now I've somewhat, let's say,
[00:43:49] stopped doing that, but it looks like I'll have to start again.
[00:43:53] When we work in orbit, we have the opportunity to maintain social media, but specialists
[00:43:57] from Roscosmos help us with this, because an astronaut doesn't have time for it,
[00:44:00] and indeed they help us, they provide this communication channel with
[00:44:04] the public. We have an idea, let's shoot a Reels
[00:44:07] now.
[00:44:27] I'm a rocket, I'm a rocket,
[00:44:31] I flew into space, flew into space,
[00:44:34] undocking once, undocking twice,
[00:44:38] around the planet. Sun and moon,
[00:44:42] around the planet, sun and moon.
[00:44:56] This signal means that the time for questions to the hero has expired. Oleg
[00:45:00] Viktorovich, now you need to choose the best question
[00:45:03] of this program? Well, probably the best question
[00:45:06] was a more technical one, related
[00:45:10] to rockets, whether there are control surfaces, how a rocket is controlled? Who is the author
[00:45:14] of this question, please raise your hand, please introduce yourself,
[00:45:17] my name is Kirill, where do you study, in what grade? I
[00:45:21] study in the fifth grade at Gymnasium No.
[00:45:24] 174.
[00:45:28] According to the rules of our program, the author of the best question receives a special
[00:45:31] gift from our guest. Kirill, please come up to the
[00:45:34] stage.
[00:45:37] I just brought with me this official poster
[00:45:40] of the first flight, that is, here is the crew of our thirty-fourth
[00:45:43] expedition, my crew is also
[00:45:47] present here, Kevin Ford, Evgeny Tarelkin, and
[00:45:51] correspondingly the crew of the second Soyuz, Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield, and Thomas
[00:45:54] Marshburn. This was the first flight, so I will
[00:45:58] gladly leave it as a keepsake for a good
[00:46:01] question.
[00:46:04] Here, this is for you for a good question, this
[00:46:07] too. Thank you very much.
[00:46:11] Oleg Viktorovich, now you have the opportunity to ask
[00:46:14] the children three questions. Three
[00:46:17] questions. Okay.
[00:46:21] How many verses are there in the anthem, the national anthem of Belarus?
[00:46:25] Six. Well, I would say three, probably, after all. Oh
[00:46:29] well, six, because after each, three choruses, we will
[00:46:32] count it this way, so that's the correct answer, well done,
[00:46:34] good. We handled your
[00:46:37] question, let's move on. Another question, well,
[00:46:41] the question is probably more for the guys, do they like, I don't know, are there initial
[00:46:45] military training classes in school now? Yes,
[00:46:48] do the guys like initial military training or
[00:46:51] not?
[00:47:01] that every citizen of the country must be able to protect his family, his homeland, every man must be strong, and military training makes a boy a real man.
[00:47:04] Wonderful answer. Who else wants to express their
[00:47:08] opinion? Who doesn't like military training, raise
[00:47:12] your hand. Interesting, why? I believe that pre-conscription
[00:47:15] training, in principle, the army, well, it's not
[00:47:19] needed. All conflicts should be resolved peacefully.
[00:47:52] to everyone who thinks that life abroad is better than in
[00:47:56] Belarus? And my homeland, well, specifically for
[00:47:59] me, it's associated with my mother, and I
[00:48:03] was born in Belarus, I live in Belarus, and I will
[00:48:07] never give up my country to anyone and will never
[00:48:10] betray it. Applause, thank you
[00:48:13] Darina.
[00:48:17] I believe that every country is good in its own way, that
[00:48:21] is - I cannot choose a specific
[00:48:25] country to live in, I cannot say that one country is better,
[00:48:29] they are all equal, but since
[00:48:32] our country is our homeland, we were born here, so
[00:48:36] there are some specific moments, specific memories that are
[00:48:39] associated with good moments related to our country,
[00:48:43] therefore, I believe
[00:48:45] that you cannot choose a country that will be better for
[00:48:49] living, well, what will you choose, life
[00:48:53] abroad or in a difficult moment return to not very
[00:48:56] good conditions, but to your homeland, to help it?
[00:49:00] A difficult question, but
[00:49:02] probably,
[00:49:05] I don't know, it's difficult, well, you still have
[00:49:08] time to figure it out yourself. I
[00:49:12] would return home in difficult
[00:49:15] times, well, I would probably still stay in my
[00:49:17] homeland. Oleg Viktorovich, what is
[00:49:21] the homeland for you?
[00:49:24] Well, I've talked about this several times, still,
[00:49:27] the homeland for me is the place where I was born,
[00:49:31] it's the character, the relationships that were instilled in me from
[00:49:34] childhood, it's probably the ability to sacrifice
[00:49:37] a lot, so that, let's say, in your country, your land, things become somehow
[00:49:41] better. Oleg Viktorovich,
[00:49:44] it's time to say goodbye to our
[00:49:46] audience.
[00:49:49] Thank you very much for the interesting questions, I'm very
[00:49:52] glad to be present at our meeting, I really got the maximum
[00:49:56] pleasure that could only be imagined today, well, and
[00:49:59] I wish you all the best, love your homeland, study, take
[00:50:03] the maximum of what they give you, don't be shy,
[00:50:07] be healthy and peaceful skies to everyone. Hero of the Russian
[00:50:10] Federation, cosmonaut, Oleg Novitsky, was today a guest of
[00:50:13] the "100 Questions for Adults" program, I'll see you at the entrance to
[00:50:17] the stage.
[00:50:18] And
[00:50:23] here I will ask you to stay. Oleg Viktorovich,
[00:50:26] what was the most difficult
[00:50:28] question for you?
[00:50:31] Well, perhaps there were no difficult questions, it was just the variety
[00:50:35] of questions that was striking. And
[00:50:37] such genuine interest. Do you think you coped well with our
[00:50:41] child audience today? Absolutely. Today you managed
[00:50:45] to answer 90 questions, this is a record
[00:50:48] for the program. Tell me, if we invite you again,
[00:50:52] will you agree to come? Yes, I will agree, I need to break
[00:50:55] the record. I appeal to our audience. Do you think that
[00:50:59] our hero today was maximally frank
[00:51:02] with you? Who thinks yes, raise
[00:51:05] your hands. Well, and why do you
[00:51:09] think so? Purple sector, you have
[00:51:12] the microphone. I'm Anya, and I think that
[00:51:15] our hero was honest with us, as he told us many
[00:51:19] interesting facts about space, about his personal life. He wanted
[00:51:23] us to, perhaps, adopt his experience in the future
[00:51:25] and use
[00:51:28] the information he told us today. Thank you,
[00:51:31] applause. Red
[00:51:34] sector.
[00:51:37] I think that Oleg Viktorovich was honest with us, he was
[00:51:40] open, he told us about the ISS, he told us about
[00:51:44] his life. He also shared the advice that
[00:51:47] he gave us, so I think he was honest with
[00:51:50] us.
[00:51:53] I believe he was utterly honest with us, as this is his
[00:51:57] life, and he truly told us what
[00:52:01] he has a good understanding of, so I believe he was...
[00:52:07] Oleg Viktorovich, we have a rule:
[00:52:11] the last word is always the hero's. Please,
[00:52:15] summarize the conversation that took place. I really liked
[00:52:18] all the kids, and I hope that our meetings will be more or less
[00:52:22] regular, and I will maximally reveal
[00:52:25] some interesting facts or secrets of my work,
[00:52:28] I hope this can somehow help in the formation of
[00:52:32] our kids.
[00:52:38] Hero of the Russian Federation, cosmonaut, Oleg Novitsky was today a guest on
[00:52:42] the program "100 Questions to an Adult," see you in a week.
[00:53:11] Statanukha like
[00:53:14] a blade of grass,
[00:53:17] well, and Kacia, well,
[00:53:18] a girl,
[00:53:21] like a princess, like a goddess, like
[00:53:25] a narcissus, like
[00:53:28] a dahlia.
[00:53:38] Belarus is a country with a rich and interesting history. The fence
[00:53:41] of the church, note, has not been
[00:53:44] specially restored, and history and architecture lovers
[00:53:48] will find it very interesting. It dates back to
[00:53:50] 1715. Unique
[00:53:53] sights are found literally at every step. It
[00:53:57] was extremely important that there was maximum proximity to
[00:54:00] nature, because the owners, of course,
[00:54:03] lived in urban areas.
[00:54:40] Everyday life of Belarusian servicemen, training of recruits,
[00:54:43] exercises, as well as the latest models of military
[00:54:46] equipment. Truly sovereign can
[00:54:50] only be a country, this
[00:54:52] is especially now, which has a strong,
[00:54:56] well-armed and loyal to the people
[00:55:00] and the state army, having in its
[00:55:03] composition true.
[00:55:35] signal on Sundays on TV channel Belarus
[00:55:38] 24.
[00:55:45] Belarus, as the experience of communicating with foreigners also shows, we are now also in contact
[00:55:48] on business trips, and people who come for the first time discover
[00:55:52] a mysterious country for themselves, that is, they come with certain impressions, and everyone
[00:55:56] we talk to, they leave enchanted.