ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cady Coleman - Astronaut
Cady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation.

Why you should listen

Cady Coleman is a scientist, wife, mother, pilot, musician, retired NASA Astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and a six-month trip aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Passionate about sharing her experiences aboard the ISS, Coleman delivered the introductory talk for TED2011 from space.

Coleman currently serves as University Explorer at Arizona State University and as a consultant for a wide range of space-related projects. Her first Space Shuttle mission set the stage for astronauts to conduct pioneering research aboard the ISS in materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and fluid physics. Launching the Chandra X-Ray Observatory was the focus of her second mission, making it possible for scientists everywhere to learn about black holes and dark matter. During her space station expedition, Coleman was the Lead Robotics and Lead Science officer, performing hundreds of science experiments and the second-ever robotic capture of a supply ship from the station. During her ISS mission, she and her crew coached actress Sandra Bullock in preparation for Bullock's role in the movie Gravity.  

On the ground at NASA, Coleman served in a variety of roles within the Astronaut Office, including Chief of Robotics, lead for tile repair efforts after the Columbia accident, and, most notably, the lead astronaut for the integration of supply ships. She paved the way for commercial spaceflight collaborations that are now commonplace. 

Before retiring from NASA, Coleman led open-innovation and public-private partnership efforts for the Office of the Chief Technologist at NASA Headquarters. As a volunteer test subject for the US Air Force centrifuge program, she set several human endurance/tolerance records while performing physiological and new equipment studies.

In addition to her role as University Explorer at ASU, Coleman is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab. She serves on several boards, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Earthrise Alliance, Dent the Future, Skycatch and Greenfield Community College.

Coleman earned a BS in chemistry from MIT in 1983 and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1991. She is married to glass artist Josh Simpson, has two sons, Josiah and Jamey, and calls Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts her home. In their spare time, Coleman and Josh share a love of flying, diving and the exploration of new worlds right here on earth.

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Cady Coleman: What it's like to live on the International Space Station

Cady Coleman: Kako izgleda život na Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji (ISS)

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U ovom kratkom, zabavnom govoru, astronautkinja Cady Coleman dočekuje nas na Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji, gdje je provela gotovo šest mjeseci provodeći eksperimente koji su proširili granice znanosti. Poslušajte kako je letjeti na posao, spavati bez gravitacije i živjeti život vrteći se oko 28 000 kilometara na sat oko Zemlje. "Svemirska postaja je mjesto na kojem se spajaju misija i magija", kaže Coleman.
- Astronaut
Cady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation. Full bio

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I'm an astronautastronaut.
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Ja sam astronautkinja.
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I flewletio on the spaceprostor shuttlečunak twicedvaput,
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Dvaput sam letjela space shuttleom
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and I livedživjeli on the InternationalMeđunarodni
SpaceProstor StationKolodvor for almostskoro sixšest monthsmjeseci.
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i gotovo šest mjeseci živjela na
Međunarodnoj svemirskoj postaji (ISS).
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People oftenčesto askpitati me the sameisti questionpitanje,
whichkoji is, "What's it like in spaceprostor?"
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Ljudi me često pitaju istu stvar,
a to je: "Kako je u svemiru?"
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as if it was a secrettajna.
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kao da je to tajna.
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SpaceProstor belongspripada to all of us,
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Svemir pripada svima nama.
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and I'd like to help you understandrazumjeti why
it's a placemjesto that is magicmagija for all of us.
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Voljela bih vam pomoći da shvatite
zašto je to mjesto za sve nas čarobno.
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The day after my 50thth birthdayrođendan,
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Dan nakon svog 50. rođendana
popela sam se u rusku kapsulu
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I climbedpopeo aboardna brodu a Russianruski capsulekapsula,
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in RussiaRusija,
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u Rusiji
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and launchedpokrenut into spaceprostor.
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i lansirali su nas u svemir.
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LaunchingPokretanje is the mostnajviše
dangerousopasno thing that we do,
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Lansiranje je nešto najopasnije
što činimo, ali i najuzbudljivije.
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and it's alsotakođer the mostnajviše thrillinguzbudljiv.
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ThreeTri, two, one ... liftoffpolijetanje!
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Tri, dva, jedan... Polijećemo!
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I feltosjećala everysvaki singlesingl bitbit of the controlleddirigovan
furybijes of those rocketraketa enginesmotori
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Osjetila sam svaki drhtaj
kontroliranoga bijesa raketnih motora
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as they blastedproklet us off the EarthZemlja.
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koji su nas odbacili sa Zemlje.
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We wentotišao fasterbrže and fasterbrže and fasterbrže,
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Postajali smo sve brži i brži,
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untildo, after eightosam and a halfpola minutesminuta,
on purposesvrha, those enginesmotori stop --
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sve dok se, nakon osam i pol minuta,
prema planu, ti motori nisu zaustavili.
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kabunkkabunk! --
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Puf!
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and we are weightlessbez težine.
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Našli smo se u bestežinskom stanju.
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And the missionmisija and the magicmagija beginpočeti.
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Misija i čarolija su započeli.
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DmitryDmitrij and PaoloPaolo and I
are circlingkruži oko the EarthZemlja
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Dimitrij, Paolo i ja kružili smo
oko Zemlje u svojoj sićušnoj letjelici,
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in our tinysićušan spacecraftkosmički brod,
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approachingse približava the spaceprostor stationstanica carefullypažljivo.
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pažljivo se približavajući
svemirskoj postaji.
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It's an intricatezapetljan danceples
at 17,500 milesmilja an hoursat
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To je zamršeni ples
pri više od 28.000 km/h
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betweenizmeđu our capsulekapsula,
the sizeveličina of a SmartPametan CarAuto,
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između naše kapsule
veličine automobila Smart
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and the spaceprostor stationstanica,
the sizeveličina of a footballnogomet fieldpolje.
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i svemirske postaje
veličine nogometnog igrališta.
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We arrivestići when those two craftčamac dockdok
with a gentlenježan thunkthunk.
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Dolazimo kad te dvije letjelice
pristanu uz nježni sudar.
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We openotvoren the hatchesvratašca,
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Otvaramo prolaze,
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have sloppyneuredan zero-Gnula-G hugsgrli with eachsvaki other,
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tapšamo se i nespretno
grlimo pri nultoj gravitaciji
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and now we're sixšest.
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i sad nas je šestoro.
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We're a spaceprostor familyobitelj, an instanttrenutak familyobitelj.
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Mi smo svemirska obitelj, instant obitelj.
02:02
My favoriteljubimac partdio about livingživot up there
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Najbolje od svega što sam
gore doživjela za mene je letenje.
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was the flyingleteći.
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I lovedvoljen it.
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Bilo mi je super.
Osjećala sam se kao Petar Pan.
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It was like beingbiće PeterPetar PanPan.
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02:11
It's not about floatingplivajući.
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Ne radi se o plutanju.
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Just the touchdodir of a fingerprst
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Samo jedan dodir prsta
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can actuallyzapravo pushgurnuti you acrosspreko
the entirečitav spaceprostor stationstanica,
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može vas zbilja odgurnuti kroz
čitavu svemirsku postaju,
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and then you sortvrsta of
tuckTuck in with your toesPrsti.
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i onda se nekako dočekate
vrhom nožnih prstiju.
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One of my favoriteljubimac things
was driftingsplavarenja silentlyTiho
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Jedna od meni najdražih stvari bila
je tiho kliziti kroz svemirsku postaju
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throughkroz the spaceprostor stationstanica,
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whichkoji was hummingzuji alonguz at night.
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koja je jurila kroz noć.
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I wonderedpitala sometimesponekad
if it knewznao I was there,
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Katkad sam se pitala zna li ona da sam tu,
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just silentnijem.
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u tišini.
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But sharingdijeljenje the wonderčudo
of that with the crewposada
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No i razgovor o tom čudu s posadom
dio je onoga što mi je bilo važno.
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was alsotakođer partdio of what was importantvažno to me.
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02:42
A typicaltipičan day in spaceprostor
startspočinje with the perfectsavršen commutemijenjati.
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Tipičan dan u svemiru
počinje savršenim putovanjem na posao.
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I wakeprobuditi up, cruisekrstarenje down the lablaboratorija
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Probudim se, otklizim u laboratorij
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and say hellozdravo to the bestnajbolje
morningjutro viewpogled ever.
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i pozdravim najbolji
mogući jutarnji pogled.
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It's a really fastbrzo commutemijenjati,
only 30 secondssekundi,
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To je stvarno brzo putovanje,
samo 30 sekundi,
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and we never get tiredumoran
of looking out that windowprozor.
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i nikad nam ne dosadi
gledanje kroz taj prozor.
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I think it remindspodsjeća us that we're
actuallyzapravo still very closeblizu to EarthZemlja.
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Mislim kako nas podsjeća
da smo zapravo još vrlo blizu Zemlji.
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Our crewposada was the seconddrugi ever
to use the CanadianKanadski roboticrobotski armruka
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Naša posada bila je druga
koja je koristila kanadsku robotsku ruku
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to captureuhvatiti a supplyOpskrba shipbrod
the sizeveličina of a schoolškola busautobus
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za hvatanje dostavnog broda
veličine školskog autobusa
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containingkoji sadrži about a dozentucet
differentdrugačiji experimentspokusi
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koji je sadržavao desetak
različitih eksperimenata
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and the only chocolatečokolada that we would see
for the nextSljedeći fourčetiri monthsmjeseci.
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i jedinu čokoladu koju ćemo vidjeti
tijekom iduća četiri mjeseca.
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Now, chocolatečokolada asideu stranu,
everysvaki singlesingl one of those experimentspokusi
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Čokoladu na stranu,
svaki od tih eksperimenata
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enablesomogućuje yetjoš one more
scientificznanstvena questionpitanje answeredodgovorio
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daje odgovor na još
jedno znanstveno pitanje
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that we can't do down here on EarthZemlja.
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do kojeg ne možemo doći
ovdje dolje na Zemlji.
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And so, it's like a differentdrugačiji lensleće,
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To je poput različitih leća pomoću kojih
možemo uvidjeti odgovore na pitanja kao:
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allowingomogućujući us to see the answersodgovori
to questionspitanja like,
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"What about combustionsagorijevanje?"
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"Što je s izgaranjem?"
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"What about fluidtekućine dynamicsdinamika?"
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"Što je s dinamikom fluida?"
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Now, sleepingspavanje is delightfuldivan.
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A spavanje je predivno.
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My favoriteljubimac -- I mean, you could be
upsidegore down, right sidestrana up --
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Vi biste možda obrnuto,
ili na lijevom boku,
no ja volim spavati sklupčana
u malu loptu i slobodno lebdjeti.
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my favoriteljubimac: curledKada up
in a little balllopta and floatingplivajući freelyslobodno.
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LaundryPraonica rublja? NopeNe.
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Pranje rublja? Ma kakvi!
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We loadopterećenje our dirtyprljav clothesodjeća
into an emptyprazan supplyOpskrba shipbrod
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Mi ukrcamo svoje prljavo rublje
u praznu dostavnu letjelicu
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and sendposlati it off into spaceprostor.
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i pošaljemo ga u svemir.
04:00
The bathroomkupaonica.
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Kupaonica.
To svakoga zanima.
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EveryoneSvi wants to know.
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It's hardteško to understandrazumjeti,
so I madenapravljen a little videovideo,
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Teško je za razumjeti
pa sam pripremila kratki video.
04:05
because I wanted kidsdjeca to understandrazumjeti
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Htjela sam da djeca shvate
da vakuum spašava stvar
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that the principlenačelo of vacuumvakuum savesštedi the day
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and that just a gentlenježan breezepovjetarac
helpspomaže everything go
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i da je tek blagi dašak
dovoljan da sve ode kamo treba.
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where it is supposedtrebala to.
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Well, in realstvaran life it does.
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Dobro, u pravom životu bude tako.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
Recikliranje? Naravno.
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RecyclingRecikliranje? Of coursenaravno.
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So we take our urineurin, we storedućan it,
we filterfilter it and then we drinkpiće it.
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Uzimamo svoju mokraću,
skladištimo je, filtriramo i zatim pijemo.
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And it's actuallyzapravo deliciousukusna.
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Zapravo je vrlo ukusna.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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SittingSjedi around the tablestol,
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Sjedimo oko stola,
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eatingjelo foodhrana that looksizgled badloše
but actuallyzapravo tastesokusi prettyprilično good.
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jedemo hranu koja loše izgleda,
no zapravo je dobrog okusa.
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But it's the gatheringprikupljanje around
the tablestol that's importantvažno,
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Ali ono što je važno je
okupljanje oko stola,
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I think bothoba in spaceprostor and on EarthZemlja,
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kako u svemiru, tako i na Zemlji.
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because that's what cementscementi
a crewposada togetherzajedno.
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To je ono što učvršćuje
zajedništvo posade.
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For me, musicglazba was a way to stayboravak connectedpovezan
to the restodmor of the worldsvijet.
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Meni je glazba bila način da ostanem
povezana s ostatkom svijeta.
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I playedigrao a duetduet betweenizmeđu EarthZemlja and spaceprostor
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Svirala sam duet između Zemlje i svemira
s Ianom Andersonom iz grupe Jethro Tull
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with IanIan AndersonAnderson of JethroJethro TullTull
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on the 50thth anniversarygodišnjica
of humanljudski spaceflightsvemirski letovi.
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prigodom 50. obljetnice
prvog ljudskog leta u svemir.
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ConnectingPovezivanje to familyobitelj was so importantvažno.
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Povezanost s obitelji bila je jako važna.
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I talkedRazgovarao with my familyobitelj almostskoro everysvaki day
the wholečitav time I was up there,
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Razgovarala sam sa svojom obitelji
skoro svaki dan dok sam bila gore,
05:03
and I would actuallyzapravo readčitati booksknjige to my sonsin
as a way for us just to be togetherzajedno.
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a sinu sam čitala knjige da na
taj način budemo zajedno.
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So importantvažno.
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To je jako važno.
05:09
Now, when the spaceprostor stationstanica
would go over MassachusettsMassachusetts,
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A kad bi svemirska postaja
prelijetala Massachusetts,
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my familyobitelj would runtrčanje outsideizvan,
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moja bi obitelj istrčala van i gledala
kako najsjajnija zvijezda plovi nebom.
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and they would watch the brightestnajsvjetliji starzvijezda
sailingjedrenje acrosspreko the skynebo.
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And when I lookedgledao down,
I couldn'tne mogu see my housekuća,
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Ja bih gledala dolje
i ne bih mogla vidjeti svoju kuću,
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but it meantznačilo a lot to me to know
that the people I lovedvoljen the mostnajviše
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ali mnogo mi je značila
spoznaja da ljudi koje najviše volim
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were looking up while I was looking down.
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gledaju gore dok ja gledam dolje.
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So the spaceprostor stationstanica, for me, is the placemjesto
where missionmisija and magicmagija come togetherzajedno.
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Svemirska postaja za mene je bila
mjesto spajanja misije i čarolije.
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The missionmisija, the work are vitalbitan stepskoraci
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Ta misija, taj posao
predstavlja nužne korake
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in our questpotraga to go furtherunaprijediti than our planetplaneta
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u nastojanju da odemo
dalje od svog planeta
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and imperativeimperativ for understandingrazumijevanje
sustainabilityodrživost here on EarthZemlja.
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i neophodna je za razumijevanje
održivosti ovdje na Zemlji.
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I lovedvoljen beingbiće a partdio of that,
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Bilo mi je drago biti dijelom toga.
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and if I could have takenpoduzete
my familyobitelj with me,
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Da sam sa sobom mogla
povesti i svoju obitelj,
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I never would have come home.
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ne bih se nikad vratila kući.
05:50
And so my viewpogled from the stationstanica showedpokazala me
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Moj pogled iz postaje naučio me
da svi dolazimo iz istog mjesta.
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that we are all from the sameisti placemjesto.
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We all have our rolesuloge to playigrati.
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Svi imamo svoju ulogu.
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Because, the EarthZemlja is our shipbrod.
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Naime, Zemlja je naš brod.
06:03
SpaceProstor is our home.
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Svemir je naš dom.
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And we are the crewposada of SpaceshipSvemirski brod EarthZemlja.
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A svi smo posada Svemirskoga broda Zemlja.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Ivan Nekić
Reviewed by Jelena Končar

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cady Coleman - Astronaut
Cady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation.

Why you should listen

Cady Coleman is a scientist, wife, mother, pilot, musician, retired NASA Astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and a six-month trip aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Passionate about sharing her experiences aboard the ISS, Coleman delivered the introductory talk for TED2011 from space.

Coleman currently serves as University Explorer at Arizona State University and as a consultant for a wide range of space-related projects. Her first Space Shuttle mission set the stage for astronauts to conduct pioneering research aboard the ISS in materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and fluid physics. Launching the Chandra X-Ray Observatory was the focus of her second mission, making it possible for scientists everywhere to learn about black holes and dark matter. During her space station expedition, Coleman was the Lead Robotics and Lead Science officer, performing hundreds of science experiments and the second-ever robotic capture of a supply ship from the station. During her ISS mission, she and her crew coached actress Sandra Bullock in preparation for Bullock's role in the movie Gravity.  

On the ground at NASA, Coleman served in a variety of roles within the Astronaut Office, including Chief of Robotics, lead for tile repair efforts after the Columbia accident, and, most notably, the lead astronaut for the integration of supply ships. She paved the way for commercial spaceflight collaborations that are now commonplace. 

Before retiring from NASA, Coleman led open-innovation and public-private partnership efforts for the Office of the Chief Technologist at NASA Headquarters. As a volunteer test subject for the US Air Force centrifuge program, she set several human endurance/tolerance records while performing physiological and new equipment studies.

In addition to her role as University Explorer at ASU, Coleman is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab. She serves on several boards, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Earthrise Alliance, Dent the Future, Skycatch and Greenfield Community College.

Coleman earned a BS in chemistry from MIT in 1983 and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1991. She is married to glass artist Josh Simpson, has two sons, Josiah and Jamey, and calls Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts her home. In their spare time, Coleman and Josh share a love of flying, diving and the exploration of new worlds right here on earth.

More profile about the speaker
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