Christina Koch
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I will say that conversation I remember so well because he did.
He brought it up in the perfect Jeremy way of just, and what we had established as a crew is that if we knew we were in that situation, we would handle it with grace and honor and almost a solemnness.
But I will say, that is beautiful.
But there was a moment on the mission where it did not serve me because on reentry, I was misunderstanding some of Victor's calls.
And I thought he was calling our G-loads way higher than they should have been.
And I thought, well, he's not freaking out, so we're probably fine.
And then I thought, but wait, we said we wouldn't freak out.
So I don't actually know.
Yes, absolutely.
Some of the- Eat and drink and everything is in the suits.
All of that.
Yes, they have a plan for that.
And we practiced with those systems both on the ground and we did what's called a flight test objective to test them out in space to see how they worked in microgravity.
And it would not be a fun six days, but the idea is it would be survivable if you use the equipment that's provided.
for eating and drinking, there's a port, actually, in the side of the helmet.
And you can put a straw in, and we have these very special nutrition drinks.
I think it's this actual straw.
It's actually that straw.
Turns out, it is.
It tells me exactly.