Nicole Stott

Back To Earth (2021) by Nicole Stott. She was on the International Space Station for over 100 days spanning two trips. Her time there was well spent doing various research projects and helping cement relations between the various countries represented by the personnel she found there. But her most important discovery was the Earth itself.
I found this book to be very similar to many of the other books I have read written by astronauts. Again and again the authors stress and strain about the beauty of our planet, it’s fragility and how seeing it in toto is a near holy experience. Since this book came out, a certain Captain Kirk has made the trek into the fringe of space. Most of us were intrigued to hear what he had to say about the experience.
Mr. Shatner shared the awe and wonder and uniqueness of the trip, just as every astronaut before him has done. Perhaps if every person on the planet actually left the planet, we all would be more appreciative of the planet.
But we’re not.
In this book Astronaut Stott sets forth the case for working together to solve our petty squabbles and unite as a planet against the horrors we have unleashed upon it, and by extension, on ourselves. Rich or poor, we all suffer from the misuse of our resources. In Back To Earth she talks of ways we need to use to save our slowing dying spaceship Earth.… (mehr)