Astronaut panelist (possibly Oprah’s best friend or another crew member)

Yeah, definitely still processing, right? We all talked about that.

On the way to cat lady. Profound is like the one word I would use.

there and you see earth and then you know it's completely black but what we got was the moon it's space we got to see the moon and it was in complete and utter darkness and then you look back at earth and it's like this beautiful

It felt like it was breathing. It was so alive.

And that's kind of what I felt, just this aliveness of earth. But you look at it and you go, wait a second. We're all on this planet. All the people that we love, this is it. And that's, I was like.

We have one planet, because out there, it's dark. It is, you know, William Shatner even said this when he went to space, and now I understand what he was talking about. It's like death. And I don't know.

No, it just made me want to... Yeah. Just come back with an open heart. And it really opened me wide open. And hopefully I can bring that... To other people and also just protect.

Planet we're on. I mean, this is the only one we've got. So I'm completely and utterly humbled by this experience.

Wow. And beyond grateful.

Oh, I get to do that right now?

Oh, okay. Oh, this wasn't completely planned out ahead of time? Oh. There is one person who I, let me just, I was in community college. I'll say this really quick so everyone has a chance to talk up here. I don't want to take up a lot of time. And she saw a little girl in the back of the room who never felt like she belonged.

pulled her up and she got me tested for dyslexia and my life kind of took off from there. And Lori, if you're here, I flew this feather to space for you.

Put your hands together for Lauren's future. I can give it to you later. I can give it to you later, but I just want you to know.

Yeah.

This teacher changed... Here, we can pass it back. She changed my life. We can pass it back.

For all of you teachers out there, just know that you have... such an impact on the kids in your classroom. And that's why we cut the education department.

Lori, thank you so much for, for seeing the little girl in the back who didn't think she belonged. Oh, thank you, Lori.