Spacewoman Trailer

Spacewoman Trailer - official movie trailer HD

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00:00So, Eileen, what makes a good astronaut?

00:05I'm proud to congratulate Colonel Eileen Collins

00:08on becoming the first woman to command a space shuttle mission.

00:14Commander. Thank you.

00:15Eileen Collins and her baby girl, standing up for mummy.

00:20She would tell me to hope for the best, but expect the worst.

00:25I've been flying since I was 19 years old.

00:27I asked her out 10 minutes after I met her.

00:30I said, you don't waste any time, buddy.

00:33An astronaut is a person who does not fear problems,

00:36but yet sees problems as challenges.

00:39And frankly, exciting.

00:42My mom had a childhood where there was quite a bit of violence.

00:46My dad would come home drunk and get into a fight with my mom.

00:50It was unpredictable. That was the scariest thing about it.

00:53I learned, don't show that you're afraid.

00:56That way you control any element of fear that might affect you.

01:00Oh, my God.

01:04We had an accident. Frankly, we've had two accidents.

01:07Those were moms and dads, and they all died.

01:10There were people that wanted to shut down the shuttle program,

01:13but there was no way I was going to quit that mission.

01:16As astronauts, we live on the edge of danger.

01:20I couldn't believe how much anxiety I had built up.

01:23Mommy's the best.

01:24A seven-year-old version of myself was like, mom is going to die in space.

01:29I don't need to be ready for that.

01:31I was willing to take that risk.

01:34Would a woman crack under pressure?

01:36There was a large part of the community that didn't just think she couldn't do it,

01:39but were probably actively rooting against her.

01:43She once told me you had to be better than the men to be equal.

01:46That's exactly what I want to do.

01:48Three, two, one.

01:52I think until we are tested,

01:54we don't know what we're capable of.