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So, you have become the first New
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Zealander into space.
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>> That was just phenomenal. You know, it
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really exceeded all of my expectations.
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I knew it was going to be awesome, but
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it was just so much more. We were doing
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3,400 km/h. And at that point, you know,
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the adrenaline is really, really kicking
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in. Yeah, I knew we were going to go
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pretty fast, but yeah, that the
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sensation of it and you can sort of feel
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the rocket adjusting and, you know,
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basically it's an autonomous system, a
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robotic system, so you're really hoping
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that the the robot's having a good day.
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I guess the main emotional element
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really was seeing the Earth from space.
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You know, you see a photo of space, you
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see the blackness of space, but to
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actually be outside the Earth's
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atmosphere and to see the the context
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and, you know, maybe you sit back
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looking up at the stars and you think
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about what it is to to travel through
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the solar system or through the galaxy,
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but to actually see the Earth and the
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Sun and space, this this vast ocean of
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blackness of space, you really see the
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sort of context of this this fragile
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planet.
