Nicole Stott on Back to Earth: Combining the Awe and Wonder of Space Exploration with the Healing Power of Art EP 131

Nicole Stott on back to earth: combining the awe and wonder of space exploration with the healing power of art. | Brought to you by Masterworks (https://www.masterworks.io/ code passion). Nicole is an astronaut, aquanaut, artist, mom, and now author of her first book "Back to Earth ~ What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet - And Our Mission To Protect It."  She creatively combines the awe and wonder of her spaceflight experience with her artwork to inspire everyone's appreciation of our role as crewmates here on Spaceship Earth. She is a veteran NASA Astronaut with two spaceflights and 104 days as a crew member on both the International Space Station (ISS) and the Space Shuttle.  She is also a NASA Aquanaut. In preparation for spaceflight, she was a crew member on an 18-day saturation dive mission at the Aquarius undersea laboratory. Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet - Our Mission is to Protect it: https://amzn.to/38Aw5vh  Thank you Feedspot for selecting the Passion Struck as one of the world's most inspirational podcasts. Combining Space Exploration with Art Nicole believes that the international model of peaceful and successful cooperation we have experienced in the extreme environments of space and sea holds the key to the same kind of peaceful and successful cooperation for all of humanity here on Earth. On her post-NASA mission, Nicole is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation --- uniting a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art.  Episode Sponsor This episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles is brought to you by Masterworks. Masterworks - 66% of Billionaires Collect Art, so Why Aren’t You? Low Minimums, Simple and Exciting. You Can Use Art as an Alternative Investment to Diversify Your Portfolio. Blue-Chip Artwork. Go to https://www.masterworks.io/ and use code passion to start. Our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/passionstruck. ► Subscribe to My YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles Time Stamps: 0:00 Announcements and Introduction of Nicole Stott 5:06 How St. Pete College set Nicole up for success 8:54 Working at Kennedy Space Center and becoming an astronaut 12:12 Realizing the simplicity of life's decisions 15:47 The evolution of the impact of women at NASA 19:19 Permitting yourself to dream the dream 21:15 The Overview Effect - How it transforms an astronaut's perspective 27:57 Grounding also called earthing, electrically reconnects you to the earth. 29:34 What's it like to do a spacewalk? 34:38 Similarities between astronauts and aquanauts 38:03 National Geographic's "One Strange Rock" 40:10 Nicole Stott discusses why she wrote "Back to Earth" 45:32 How polar exploration is like space exploration 49:05 Space for Arts Foundation 55:43 Rapid round of questions 58:52 Wrap up and synthesis   Show Links Passion Struck interview with Astronaut Chris Cassidy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astronaut-chris-cassidy-on-the-importance-in-life/id1553279283?i=1000521263914 Passion Struck interview with Astronaut Wendy Lawrence: https://passionstruck.com/how-to-dream-the-dream-you-want/ Passion Struck interview with Astronaut Kayla Barron: https://youtu.be/AyiQz2C7UsA   *a Solo episode on work-life balance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AZksXySbYVoMPMuma5DpB?si=_VPv5sn3QBCq2pYVh-LXkg   * A solo episode on overcoming burnout: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5keAXxjRs3Q8NKZYWBlPXS?si=N-nf0iQjThSzgsCAutPVPA    *A Solo episode on how you stop living in fear: https://passionstruck.com/how-do-you-stop-living-in-fear/    Follow Nicole Stott *Website: https://www.npsdiscovery.com/ *Space For Art Foundation: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro_nicole/ *Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Nicole *Follow Space for Art Foundation on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceforartfoundation  *Follow Space for Art Foundatio

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