Former NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger joins Rae to explain what it’s like to call space your home.

Questions Include:

What is it like to live in space? What is the most beautiful place on Earth?What food cravings do astronauts have? What’s life like after re-entry? How do you exercise on a spacecraft? How does microgravity affect the human body? Do astronauts stink? Are astronauts the best roommates? How do astronauts deal with long-distance relationships? Is it difficult sleeping in space? Is flying in a spaceship scary? How will untrained tourists fare in space? When are we going to Mars? Which space movies are the most accurate?

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Why You Need Your Space (#WYNYS)

In this episode, Bray, who runs the space photography Instagram feed AstroFalls, tells us why he needs his space. You can follow Bray’s work on Instagram: @astrofalls

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Credits

I Need My Space is an Inverse production hosted by Rae Paoletta and Steve Ward. Produced by Sam Riddell, and executive produced by Hannah Margaret Allen. Our intro and outro music was created by Andrew Oliveras.

Rae: @payoletter

Steve: @stevejohnhenryw

Andrew: https://soundcloud.com/andrewo

Other Topics Discussed Include: the Overview Effect, space exercise, the Great Lakes, Mir space station, NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Virgin Galactic, Gravity (film), The Martian (film), Apollo 13 (film), Jim Lovell, One Strange Rock (series), Space Force