{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6b01565a-f47c-4510-8366-dc793a4f96b8","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"At the Oscars with George Lucas","description":"I never missed an episode of Star Trek when I was young. I grew up watching Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the Starship Enterprise while they explored the universe and defended the Federation. I also loved the Star Wars films and distinctly remember watching the starfighter combat and how Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star with photon torpedoes. But never had I imagined while watching them that I would someday fly in space, much less that one of my missions would involve photon torpedoes and presenting an Oscar to George Lucas himself.\u00a0Well, not really photon torpedoes, of course, but something close enough\u2014if not more fascinating.\u00a0In this episode, you\u2019ll hear about my Oscar turn with George Lucas and some of my most treasured memories from my third mission in space. I explain how we prepared to present an Oscar to George Lucas while in orbit. I also reveal why sentences ending in \u201cthat\u201d are forbidden in spaceflight and share the beauty of experiencing science.\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t help but think of Star Wars when you get to present an Oscar to George Lucas, and we were definitely thinking of it when the time came to power up our electron beam experiment.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u00a0This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stowing George Lucas\u2019s Oscar aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our electron beam experiment and one of the most sacred rules of spaceflight\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maxwell\u2019s equation and the beauty of experiencing science\u00a0Our Favorite Quotes:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cUnderstanding an equation intellectually is one thing; seeing the behavior with your own eyes as you soar hundreds of miles above a planet at 17,500 miles an hour\u2014that\u2019s quite another thing.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOne of the most sacred rules of spaceflight: there shall be no sentences ending in the word \u2018that.\u2019 Such a sentence is guaranteed to give a heart attack to every crewmember who can\u2019t see whatever portents of impending doom triggered your outburst.\u201d - Kathy Sullivan\u00a0Spaceship Not Required\u00a0I\u2019m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.\u00a0I\u2019m an explorer, and that doesn\u2019t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.\u00a0In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.\u00a0Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.\u00a0Visit my website at kathysullivanexplores.com to sign up for seven astronaut tips to improving your life on earth and be the first to discover future episodes and learn about more exciting adventures ahead!\u00a0Don\u2019t forget to leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts!\u00a0Spotify I Stitcher I Apple Podcasts I ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1dfd0129-13dd-4580-97c9-75e77f559ffc/1472142-1680641322.jpg"}