Sleeping is difficult on ISS, but you don't want to waste time on resting: Shux talks to Bengaluru students
While answering some concerning and some technical questions, Shux said, 'The most difficult task on the ISS is to sleep. While you can sleep anywhere, you do not want to sleep as it you are here for a very short time.'
He said there is so much of excitement and there are so many activities lined up. But rest is also very important for all the works ahead. He was replying to the query- What is the most difficult task in your daily schedule, raised by Kavitha N, a Grade-10 student.
Shux had a 12 minute long interaction with students through HAM Radio organised by Ameteur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) and AMSET on Friday. The team from Bengaluru established a contact through Telebridge with the satellite station through Maryland in the US. Ten handpicked students from Karnataka Public School Domlur and Jeevan Bheema Nagar, by ISRO asked 13 pre- approved questions to Shux.
He said, compared to the capsule where he had spent a lot of his time sleeping in the small space, the space in the ISS was big and one can move around easily, that is nice and also a concern.
'It feels very light here. Since there is no weight, it is like you are swimming in air. The body takes time to get used to it as we are used to being in gravity. It is important to understand this. The orientation is different. You are going up and down and you can lift very objects very easily as they all floating.' he said.
Replying to the question raised by Aryan, Grade-9 student, kene to know his experience during the rocket launch and docking, Shux said, the experience was exhilarating.
'The rocket launched very fast as you go higher you go faster. The velocity was 8km/sec. The first stage launch was fast and the second stage was even faster. We were floating in free flight for the first one and half days,' he said, adding that the entire docking exercise was very exciting, for the way the ISS was stationed and how the capsule entered and locked into it.
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