ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What’s it like to risk your life in a spacesuit—and then come home to drink tomorrow’s coffee? Astronaut Garrett Reisman joins Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden for a funny, fascinating conversation about the strange realities of life in space. Reisman tells the story of pushing past the person who said he’d never make a spacewalk, explains how astronauts handle isolation and emergencies, and recalls the space debris that can punch a hole through equipment. He also shares what it was like working with Elon Musk at SpaceX, including the email he sent urging Musk not to buy Twitter. Then things get especially unexpected: space toilets, recycled water, a frightening spacesuit leak, alien life, and the big question of whether humans can build a future among the stars. Come for the astronaut stories; stay for the answer to what happens to the poop
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