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Indian space icons Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma and Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla, alongside cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, united to advocate for climate action and environmental sustainability.
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00:06so for some of you who would like to pinch yourself
00:16i think this deserves a five minute applause for sure from all of us this is a moment of history
00:36so that's what it is rakesh ji said and this is what we have
00:44that we have right here we do understand sachin is here on a very short time
00:50he's got a very personal set of activities lined up
00:56but he said today i cannot i have to be here even if it means to be here for a
01:01couple of minutes
01:01that he'd like to be here may i request our team backstage to bring in the bookies
01:08that sachin would like to present and this is another moment of history
01:37can we have a hand mic please i'm going to you know when i spoke to sachin and i said
01:42this is
01:42what is the evening going to be and his first thing i hope you're not going to make me give
01:47a speech
01:48and i said you're hoping wrong for once may i request you to say a few things and i think
01:55one of those rare moments that sachin because he's he's shown his strength through his batting
02:01but one of those rare moments where you get to hear him speak as well sachin may i request you
02:06to say a few words as well the mumbai climate week looks forward to hearing you as well
02:13lovely this is this is a golden moment for me and 100% for all of you you know we
02:20are very lucky to
02:21be in the same room as these two heroes of our country who've made the nation proud
02:51those were the days of
03:14so this is this is this is the day and age of you know smartphones
03:20everything we see on the phone within seconds in fact the nearer generation is now more
03:28reaching into ai but there's one thing in common you know while we are here to celebrate their
03:36achievements i feel it is also the spirit of human possibilities
03:51so we need to i was just asked a question backstage you know climate change
03:58so what can we do to you know add our bit and i said do everything possible under the sun
04:04that is what when i entered a cricket field
04:08i tried to do everything possible under the sun to get the result in india's favor and that this is
04:16not just about mumbai maharashtra india but it is about our planet and we take
04:27we take gradual steps towards our target we'll eventually achieve what we want to achieve
04:36the both these gentlemen they come from a different generation altogether but there's one thing in common
04:45you know those endless hours of hard work methodical preparation and quiet sacrifices that they have made
04:57we were so engaged in watching the launch of the space shuttle
05:11so this is a great example for all of us to learn their belief in science technology
05:21teamwork which has one goal i was just talking to rakey and he said preparation to tham agar you know
05:30kahi baar wo challenges aarethe because it happened many many years ago few decades ago
05:36and challenges were there but you know you're not always going to have the best of everything
05:44the real fighter makes the best of what is available and that is what both the gentlemen have have done
05:51there is so much to learn their journey teaches us that belief can get you much farther than fear ever
06:04will
06:04you know always everything every step that you take is a measured step but when you start believing
06:13something your body language changes there is a positive energy flowing in your body and all you're focused on
06:22is your goal your target uh today we are here to support the initiative of mumbai climate week
06:35i think this this is a great initiative and something that we all need to take this very seriously
06:43because there is evidence of how quickly the world is changing it's changing at a dramatic pace
06:52it's alarming it's scary and like i said that we are discussing so many possibilities so many solutions
07:02to make this planet a better place for generations to come so the results are not going to be overnight
07:12it's going to require a lot of commitment teamwork and sacrifices that there'll be number of things which
07:21we may not like to do but we'd still have to do those things i feel over a period of
07:27time there were few
07:28things which taught me hum jaldi jaldi may action le lete without planning and that's possibly a reason for failure
07:37or sometimes
07:37we plan but don't take any action that also leads to failure so but when these two things marry
07:47the results follow uh over a period of time uh now that you know i also have children possibly
07:55bigger than some of these school kids and uh i know how the generation thinks they are into abs and
08:04apps
08:04you know six packs you know within seconds you need to have access to everything so somewhere down the line
08:16you know but i know that there is no such thing as right now you can either have it right
08:25or you can have it
08:27now so let's be patient and get it right because there is no such thing as now abhi ke abhi
08:36we can decide that we will
08:39take a positive step towards what the eventual goal is the eventual target is and for that it's going to
08:46require
08:47effort from everyone whatever i mean your own bit if you can contribute which will eventually add up
08:54every drop of water matters you know usse jo ham eventually target achieve karna chaare
09:02wo hoga but for that we'll have to be one team without any doubt this is a great initiative uh
09:12i want to
09:13congratulate shishir for this initiative and wish you all the very best
09:21so let's start marching towards what we want to achieve guys all the very best thank you so very
09:26much for having me here and to be able to share this dais with the heroes of india makes me
09:33really proud
09:34and uh i should end by saying thank you sachin before you leave uh there's there's a uh a little
09:49something that that shubran sir would like to say also i think a quick word from you shubran
09:54and rakeji after that over to you who would like to start first well uh all i'm uh going to
10:03say is
10:03that what sachin has just mentioned is so true to our heart and it clearly defines not only our journey
10:13and our experience it really defines excellence and here is this man you know everybody says that
10:21is difficult for you guys you've done you've flown this you've flown that yes all of that is fine but
10:28can you imagine at that age when he wore the indian colors and he faced the fastest bowling time after
10:37time after time and that is why his name is written in letters of gold in cricket history so the
10:44point that
10:44he was bringing out i just wish to underline that there's no point doing well what we our country
10:54really needs is that finishing touch to take it all the way and all i request you guys to do
11:02is
11:02i'm i'm basically talking to the youngsters here is that if you're looking for inspiration
11:11we are lucky enough to have worn the indian flag he on his helmet and we are our flying suits
11:18okay
11:23and and he is the kind of a guy after scoring those innumerable centuries he could take his helmet off
11:30and kiss the indian flag we could do that really it was on our sleeve so so really here's the
11:37inspiration
11:38thank you for your kind words such and wish you all the best and we are so proud of you
11:42because we
11:43played a little bit of cricket and we know how difficult it is what you have done really thank you
11:54good evening everyone i would not i would not take a lot of time but i would say that sachin
12:01was
12:01mentioning that he was very young when he saw ricky's flight in 1984 i wasn't there at that time i
12:08was born
12:09a year later and i was very young when sachin was playing on tv and all the things that he
12:14has said i
12:15remember the day any match used to be there and he would be live and playing cricket and you know
12:23shots coming i think none of us can say the entire country believed the aaj india jeetega because sachin
12:29is playing and i think that is the belief that he was able to generate in all of us that
12:35is the power
12:35of a single man who could get a nation to believe that today we will win because he was there
12:41on the
12:41field and doing that and he's already said a lot and we will talk about uh this initiative i know
12:47he
12:47has to leave but before he goes i would like to um present something sorry i may from both of
12:52us
12:52side because it has been a long time um so when you fly to space you you're allowed to take
12:58some stuff
12:59or personal um things along with you and i decided to take my mission patch which signifies the story
13:05behind the mission which talks about what india has done in in the space starting from the first
13:09satellite and now so i flew these patches with me so they have flown to space and they have come
13:14back
13:15and i would like to present you one of them so uh if you may have that please
13:45ladies and gentlemen um the moment sachin will be
13:50now leaving so i know um i know it's not to be forced can we have a big round of
13:56standing
13:56applause once again before he leaves and you get to see this moment one last time for this time at
14:01least this evening
14:08i have to i have to say one more thing which which i missed out i'm standing here
14:16uh as an honorary group captain of indian air force with the wind commander
14:26rakesh ji and group captain shuk shukla ji shukla ji of course so thank you very much it is
14:35it is so wonderful to be here again thank you so much and wish you all the best of health
14:40and
14:41happiness good luck we also have two ashok chakras and one bharat ratna on stage so big round of applause
15:17thank you very much
15:18is going to be too late um his exit is faster than his shots
15:26rakesh ji and branchi please take your seat if you don't mind
15:33so um i'm now going to invite gaurav sawan one of the most popular faces on indian television news
15:42television um to be more precise who will be uh having a interesting conversation with
15:50both these heroes of india and before they start off i'm just going to ask one simple question to all
15:56of you both of you in fact itne or you got up with your permission i'm going to ask this
16:01question
16:02ye jo do heroes hain air force ke apne desh ke do they choose people good-looking people to go
16:10into space
16:12itne handsome log well even when i was talking to ricky sir and i said and i should not say
16:18at this
16:19stage because you know this young and still as good looking as he is and the maverick on the other
16:26side still so good-looking both of them do they choose good-looking men to go into space so that
16:37ricky sir what do you have to say
16:41well uh i really wouldn't like to be defined by looks
16:45you know so i have tried to change the way i look
16:53anyway thank you so uh really speaking this has been a wonderful occasion we are really looking
16:59forward to god of coming and we would like to share whatever we've learned uh during our individual
17:07journeys absolutely yes gaurav sawan oh dear and uh ladies and gentlemen you will get your
17:14opportunity to ask questions as well and but that's after when gaurav is done with his question answers
17:40and we couldn't have had a better start we had three air warriors on stage right now it was so
17:47simply amazing and as you said two ashok chakra and one bharat ratna on stage on such an important issue
17:56uh that everyone is grappling with thank you very much sir thank you
18:02namaskar
18:05the motto of the indian air force is nabha sprisham deep thumb to touch the sky with glory it's been
18:15taken from the shri mad bhagavad gita chapter 11 verse 24 where yogeshwar shri krishna actually shows arjun his
18:24supreme supreme divine form in the battlefield of kuru kshetra nabha sprisham deep thumb but the two air
18:34warriors here with us they've actually taken the air force beyond touching the sky with glory they've
18:40touched space with glory and what a proud moment to be talking to wing commander rakesh sharma ashok
18:47chakra and group captain shubhan shushukla ashok chakra and unique the first indian in space you've
18:57spent seven days in space sir and the first indian on the i indian international space station you've
19:04spent 20 days in space sir what a unique perspective to tell us from space on what needs to be
19:12done to
19:13make our planet better who better than you sir to begin with to ask you when you went up and
19:19you
19:19were looking down on earth was it as it has been described as a pale blue dot and what were
19:28your first
19:28thoughts well i'd say that like anybody else who goes up into space and today we've got about 600 plus
19:39humans who have been up into space the first thing that they do is uh when they reach uh near
19:46earth
19:46orbit is to look out for their own country which is what subhanshu must have done which is what i
19:52did
19:52and depending on which nationality you're from everybody else first looks at their own country
19:59so having done that that's when you start realizing uh where you start looking at the earth not not as
20:08a
20:09single entity for that you go to go some distance away you've got to go to the moon to have
20:14a look at
20:14the earth as a sphere so but nevertheless you get to see a different perspective you get to see the
20:21fault lines which are there you get to look the other side and have a and see that there is
20:29no other
20:29habitable place within uh your eyesight or within uh what the hubble or the james webb telescope can see
20:40so it becomes very important for you to realize that we've got to protect our planet and uh and that
20:48is that is it comes to you with a tremendous amount of force that this is something which uh is
20:56going to
20:57decide how our species is going to continue to live on this beautiful planet you talked about the pale blue
21:05dot those lovely film by carl sagan and uh i i do know that the first astronauts who had gone
21:15around the
21:16moon between the first astronaut and the last astronaut their observations were that our earth looks
21:26more gray and less blue than it did and this is within a space of a few years and that
21:33is what pollution
21:34is doing so we we there is visual evidence that all is not well with our planet that thought of
21:44fragility uh of of our environment of our planet uh also struck you oh yes yes yes because it's a
21:51fact that
21:52uh the atmospheric layer is extremely thin given the scale at which things are and uh it's is that
22:01layer which is protecting us from harmful radiation from space so and all of that is getting polluted the
22:09other thing which i saw during my flight was a section of uh today's mayanmar that time it was burma
22:19uh a forest which is being burned and the plume of smoke which had risen due to the upper winds
22:26have went across uh the far east uh for miles and miles uh around and and that is what drives
22:35home the
22:36point that pollution is no respecter of national boundaries and therefore uh our our destinies
22:45are interconnected in that way it isn't as if you know if there is uh fields being burnt in west
22:53pakistan or or punjab and only the northern belt of india is getting affected no ultimately something
23:00which is not right which is not being done properly in in one section of the globe has got to
23:07affect
23:07everybody else so it's everybody's concern our collective future depends on our current action
23:15indeed your first thoughts when four decades later you were at the international space station
23:26so my first thoughts when i uh reach the station so what they do when you reach the station they
23:32uh initially there is a welcome ceremony and you do the ceremony and after that they take you to the
23:37window to look at earth and they make you close your eyes uh so the crew who was there on
23:42the station
23:43they make makers made us close our eyes and they guided us to that window they lowered us in that
23:48window and
23:48then they said okay open your eyes now and when you open your eyes you are in that cupola the
23:53big
23:53window and you look at earth and that is the first time you get a sight and there is no
23:57better sight
23:57that you can see i would say but my first thought when you look at earth from the outside was
24:03that this is home this is where we live you know and it was not a place a country or
24:10a city or a region
24:11that was home you know when you look at the entire planet and i thought about it that when you
24:16tell
24:16this to someone who is here on earth you know it is very difficult to convey to you that you
24:22know
24:22it probably a too big a thing to say that this planet is our home because we live here in
24:27the city
24:27let's say mumbai so we don't think like that so i came up with an analogy for this and i
24:32think that it
24:32it fits very well because when we are kids when we are young kids and we start going to school
24:38to everybody in school our home is our identity and when we grow up and we leave our schools and
24:44we go to
24:44colleges or universities to everybody in college you know your school becomes your identity that
24:50i'm from such and such school and i'm i've done my schooling there and then as as an extension when
24:55you leave your city and you go to some other city you introduce to other people that i live in
24:59mumbai
25:00or i live in delhi or i work i've come here for work and when you leave your country and
25:05you go outside
25:05you know to everybody else in the world your your country becomes your identity and as an extension
25:11what happens when you leave the planet and you go outside your planet becomes your identity in a
25:16sense and it's a very natural extension you you don't have to force it it comes very powerfully
25:23to you that this is home this is where we live it is not you don't look at a place
25:28and the reverse
25:29thing happens when you're when i was supposed to come back you know two days before that i was looking
25:33out the window again at earth and i had fomo you know fomo of missing out on what i had
25:40all this while
25:41i felt that i will lose this i will lose this entire home that i had and i'll go back
25:46to a particular
25:47place land on a particular you know city and then fly back so i think this this was the first
25:52feeling
25:53that i got and it was very powerful and very strong for me you know what a unique perspective the
25:58two
25:59of you in a billion strong nation are the only ones who can give us this perspective from space so
26:07i want
26:07to understand from you are we doing enough uh to protect our only home are we what is it from
26:18space
26:18because space living is sustainable living isn't it what are lessons from space that we can imbibe on earth
26:31okay so let me start on this one so sustainable living you know it's you know it there is no
26:38other way to live in space you have to be sustainable there are no resources so from everything that you
26:45use on station you are very mindful because everything costs a lot to send to space so the
26:51water that we the air that we breathe is recycled you don't have any additional air there is some
26:57reserve but most of it is recycled and purified and circulated back there is an oxygen generator
27:01on board which is being used and the water that we use on station is also recycled when all the
27:07systems are working perfectly fine almost 98 percent of the water is recycled on the international space
27:13station actually there is a very nice saying on station that you know yesterday's coffee is also
27:19tomorrow's coffee so so that is how you uh recycle things every everything gets recycled the clothes
27:26that you wear you you use them more number of days so every piece of clothing has a shelf life
27:31you have
27:31to use it for several times before you can discard it the food that we use it's in packets and
27:37so once
27:37you open the packet you have to finish the food you cannot have any waste and so i think in
27:43each and every
27:43activity that we do the sustainability that what that we talk about it is ingrained because that is
27:49the only way of life that is known to people who are living up there because the resources are limited
27:53so you have to optimize this and that is the time that i realized that it is possible to live
27:59like that
28:00it is possible but when when you have access you stop thinking like that you you just you know
28:06maybe splurge or maybe use it in ways which is probably not required so i think it teaches you a
28:11lot
28:12that sustainable living is possible if you really make an attempt or if you try to do that
28:17sir your thoughts on this sustainable living in space possible on earth yeah so i i'll just pick
28:24up on the subhanshu's uh thought and um i'll quote what mahatma gandhi had said he said that the earth
28:33has enough for everybody's need but not for everybody's greed and what he was hinting at really is is that
28:42the earth's resources are finite and if we are going to expend that in a profligate manner then we are
28:52going to eat ourselves out of this only planet which we have and and therefore we need to protect
29:02our planet earth from ourselves because this is what we are doing it is like
29:07in hindi may kahawad ha na jis dal pe baithe osi pe kulhade marrayo so so this is the only
29:14planet that we
29:15have in the foreseeable future it's all very well to say that we are going to colonize the moon
29:22the thing with the word colonizes that it suggests that whoever goes out there owns that part
29:30no that is not true the united nations has already said that uh uh outer space belongs to all of
29:38humanity not to any one nation so and it's not very easy to set up a habitat on the moon
29:47it's it's so difficult to live out there here we have a ready-made ecosystem which
29:53we are mindlessly destroying from space you can see uh once all the trees are cut then the topsoil
30:02starts getting eroded and with the rains all the topsoil washes off into the oceans and uh you have
30:12fish which is dying which is dependent on clean water so so there's a lot happening which shouldn't
30:18be happening and which is shortening our time on this planet so it's it's urgent so it's essential
30:26that we take some kind of action and all of these affect climate in a different way uh if you
30:33just
30:33follow the trail as to what it does you know what a unique perspective uh we are getting here uh
30:40from
30:41space and i want to understand from you uh when you are in space you don't see conflict between
30:48countries uh but you do see destruction of uh of our environment from space uh how do you arrest that
30:58because you just mentioned what a unique perspective that we are not we don't have boundaries in space so
31:04you're not one country and another country in conflict it's destroying us all what is the solution in
31:10your view sir country's destroying it well it's happening in a very subtle way and really speaking
31:21what's being denied is the denial of the needs of the people okay conflict the the base the the root
31:31cause of conflict is the inequitable distribution of resources if you're going to go into africa because
31:38that has a whole lot of minerals and you farm it and monetize it for yourselves when i say you
31:45i mean the developed nations then essentially you're denying the underdeveloped nations and you're
31:51ensuring that they remain underdeveloped and and what is the reaction reaction obviously when you deny
31:59people their right of the there is gone bound to be a pushback and which is the root cause of
32:06conflict in
32:07in my opinion so if we want to really make this planet a peaceful place for us to live then
32:16there
32:16has to be an equitable distribution and taking this thought further uh i think we need need to fix all
32:23that is wrong from a from the way we are running our societies on planet earth before we colonize elsewhere
32:31otherwise what we are going to do is we are going to export the same conflict into outer space you
32:37look at antarctica we've gone there pristine landscape we've drawn boundaries out there saying this belongs to our
32:45country that belongs to a different country all for the uh under the garb of science but essentially if you're
32:53going to do that
32:53that on the moon then you're again planting seeds of conflict in outer space despite the fact that the united
33:02nations has said outer space belongs to all of humanity true true are those also your thoughts that
33:10you know it is argued at times that moon would be the atom base the administrative logistics base
33:16for mission mars we have to sort out conflict on earth before we think of moon becoming the
33:23administrative base for mass mission yeah in my experience you know my mission i think the one of
33:30the biggest learnings uh that i drew from the mission was that space inherently has the trait of
33:36collaboration again you don't have to force it so i went for a mission for which i trained in u
33:41.s india you
33:43europe japan and when we were there the four of us there were astronauts from poland hungary united
33:51states japan russia at the same time on the international space station and uh so much so
33:57so i was able to carry some food with me so i i i don't know how many of you
34:01know this but i was able
34:02to carry gajar ka halwa and moong dal ka halwa with me from drdo and imagine you know a hungarian
34:10or a polish
34:11astronaut or a russian astronaut tasting that gajar ka halwa or in space you know this builds boundary
34:19bridges boundaries i think so it is very inherent in nature of space flight to be collaborative
34:25so i i feel very strongly that if at all we go to the moon in this way like how
34:31the international
34:31space station was conducted that everybody is coming together to conduct missions i think we
34:36will be able to carry forward this culture to moon but there has to be a deliberate attempt
34:40to make this happen i totally agree with what ricky sir is saying that if we carry the mentality that
34:45we have on earth on ground i think it will become very difficult for us to sustain that in that
34:50place
34:50we will carry conflict into a new place so if we allow the feeling that i have experienced the
34:57collaborative nature of space flight i think that is a very good culture to have because
35:02you know very hypothetically if i was to tell you that if you're floating in outer space
35:09and you happen to come across an alien although it has not happened i have not come across any alien
35:14but and it would be very scary if you come across an alien but if if you do come across
35:18an alien and
35:19he was to ask you where are you from you would turn around and say i'm from earth and so
35:25you wouldn't
35:25have that conflict in your answer you would say that i am from that planet and i am going to
35:30the moon
35:31from earth and to the moon so i think it is very inherent in that the nature of space flight
35:35but we just have to
35:36preserve that culture and take it with us when we decide to go to the moon
35:40and then we will also have to go to the moon by the moon and so i am going to
36:05go to the moon
36:07How many of us know that you had one phone call from Antriks
36:12That phone call was yours
36:17That means Shukh Sir has one phone call to Ricky Sir
36:20So tell me, what was this phone call and how was this idea?
36:26When you are in space, you can phone IP through
36:30You can phone people
36:32And the number is very different
36:35The number is plus one and there is some other prefix
36:39There is an additional number
36:41So every day you get one slot
36:43At the end of the day you can phone
36:45So I used to call my family at the end of the day
36:48But a non-working day we got
36:50After 10 days of mission we got one day which was non-working
36:53There were many slots in which you could call
36:57So the extent of the family that I can call more people
37:01I think the first name that came to my mind was Ricky Sir
37:04You know, because I wanted to share with him what he had already experienced
37:08And I was in space and I wanted to call him
37:11So I did call him, I was very fortunate I would say that he picked up
37:14Because it was an unknown number
37:16And this is also the possibility that he didn't pick up
37:18Actually I didn't pick up
37:20When I saw plus one
37:21I said this is a scam
37:24So I rejected
37:25Fortunately he called me immediately after that
37:28On his second call I picked up
37:30And I was really pleasantly surprised to hear him on the other side
37:35Yeah, so that was the thought behind calling him
37:38And it was a lovely conversation
37:39I was so happy that I did that
37:40And look, the phone went to your house
37:44What has happened to you?
37:46We just want to know this
37:47You tell me when the phone came
37:50What happened to you?
37:54What happened to you?
37:55What happened to you?
37:55What happened to you?
37:56I was very interested in them
37:58What difference is you showing
38:01Because we compared notes
38:04So I was talking about that
38:15But it was a very nice experience
38:18I will tell you
38:19I don't think
38:19I don't know
38:20He was so happy
38:22When I called him
38:23I was so happy
38:24He was just laughing on the phone
38:25How is it and everything
38:28And then before keeping the phone
38:30He said to me
38:32Wait till you come back
38:34That is what he said
38:35And I had no clue what he meant
38:37But when I came back to India
38:38When I came back
38:39Then I realized
38:40What he was meaning
38:41When he was telling me
38:43Wait till you come back
38:44So I think he knew it already
38:45You know what is going to happen
38:46We say that
38:48Your training is so difficult
38:50That's why
38:52Space flight is not so difficult
38:54When your life changes
38:56After coming back
38:58You should be training
38:59That's why
39:01That's why
39:02I was calling
39:03I was calling
39:03I was calling
39:05Many phones
39:06You were calling
39:06How did you change
39:07How did you change
39:08I will also know
39:09But tell you
39:11Before going back
39:14You read
39:15Rikki sir's notes
39:17What was your experience
39:18What was your experience
39:19You wanted to know
39:20What was your experience
39:23You wanted to know
39:23Rikki sir has always been there
39:25We were always talking about
39:26Our talk
39:26Sir has always been very kind
39:28To offer his guidance
39:29To how to navigate things
39:30Because
39:31Training
39:32Which is a pattern
39:32That is familiar
39:33We are also training in the Air Force
39:36Lekin astronaut training
39:37Lekin astronaut training
39:37Kee dauraan
39:38Aap bhout sari aasi cheeze karte hain
39:40Jho nahi hoti hain
39:40And fortunately
39:42For us
39:43He was there
39:44Who had done this
39:44I can only imagine
39:46What he must have gone through
39:47When he was doing it
39:48For the first time
39:48You know
39:49Because these are very new things
39:50Unknowns
39:51That aapko navigate karna hai
39:52Toh
39:53He has been always very kind
39:55He has been like a mentor
39:56And
39:56Hwari baat hoti neti hai
39:58Beach beach mein
39:58I used to call him from US also
40:00When I was there
40:01To talk to him
40:02To seek guidance
40:03About things that are happening
40:04So he has been always very kind
40:06To offer his advice
40:07And guidance
40:08And you know
40:09Most of the times
40:10It was
40:11Okay be patient
40:12You know
40:12It will
40:13Things will happen
40:13On those lines
40:15But it has always been very helpful
40:18Aap jab gaye 1984 mein
40:20And that is
40:21The first time
40:221984
40:233rd of April
40:24The first time
40:25The first time
40:26What kind of training
40:28Was there
40:28And what kind of experience
40:29Was there
40:30Antiriksh
40:30Because that is
40:31That was
40:32My generation
40:33All of us
40:35We were watching TV
40:37When you came
40:38And you said
40:39All of us
40:40The good Hindus
40:40Was there
40:43What kind of experience
40:45Was there
40:45At that time
40:46Was there
40:46Aap
40:47At that time
40:48It was different
40:49That was
40:50Our training
40:52Subhanshu
40:52Subhanshu
40:52Was there
40:53In Russia
40:53And in America
40:56And in America
40:57And that was
40:57Today
40:59Was there
41:00When I went
41:01To Russia
41:01Was there
41:04Communist
41:04Soviet Union
41:06It wasn't
41:07Russia
41:08So
41:09All of us
41:09Were very
41:11Secrets
41:12So
41:13You
41:13So
41:16You
41:16To
41:17For
41:18That
41:18I
41:20We
41:21Was
41:22You
41:23That
41:23That
41:24but the answer was not given.
41:26The difference was because my flight was free of cost.
41:30So, the government gave a lot of money for the flight.
41:35So, it was written in the contract.
41:36So, his technical questions had to be answered by the people.
41:42It was part of the contract.
41:44So, this was the challenge.
41:46So, we didn't satisfy all the technical curiosity.
41:52But then, what we wanted to do was safely.
41:57Were all your technical queries satisfied?
42:01Before I go on to my...
42:02I think what Riki sir is trying to tell how secretive it was during his time.
42:08There is one very nice episode that he tells.
42:11So, he picked up his phone and there was a lot of disturbance on the phone.
42:19So, he went down to complain about that disturbance to the receptionist.
42:24And there was a guard.
42:25A military guard who was always standing at the entrance of this building.
42:28He was also standing there.
42:29He was also standing there.
42:30So, he said, I am getting this disturbance in my phone.
42:35Can you please rectify it?
42:36So, the guard spoke to the receptionist in Russian.
42:40And said that...
42:42And by that time, I think you already knew Russian.
42:44So, he was hearing and he said to the receptionist that...
42:50Don't tell him.
42:51Doesn't he know that his phone is tapped?
42:53And so, he could understand what he was saying in Russian.
42:56So, he just went back to his room and understanding that everything is being heard or being listened to.
43:02So, I think it was a very different time and must have been a very difficult time to train.
43:06And Vayu Sena gave us a briefing before going.
43:10And it was the fact that if Mia and Bibi are fighting, please go for a walk.
43:17Because we don't have to fight at home.
43:19Because the whole tape is going on.
43:21Sure.
43:23Okay.
43:24There was a question in many children.
43:26And some children will also ask you about that.
43:28How do you become a cosmonaut or an astronaut?
43:32I want to tell you that you both are the best fighter pilots.
43:38Not only fighter pilots, but test pilots.
43:42And test pilots are the same.
43:44That is the same.
43:44That is the same.
43:45That has the capabilities of Vayu Yan.
43:49And in 1971,
43:50In 1971,
43:52In India-Pakistan War.
43:54In 1971,
43:54Rikki Sir had offensive military operations in West Pakistan.
44:01So,
44:02What kind of training?
44:03You mean,
44:03You both are fighter pilots.
44:05And with fighter pilots,
44:06You are also a war hero.
44:07What kind of training is to become an astronaut?
44:12First,
44:13I want to explain this.
44:15That you don't need to become a test pilot.
44:17You don't need to become an astronaut.
44:19You don't need to become an astronaut.
44:34You don't need to become an astronaut.
44:44Yes.
44:44So,
44:45Anybody who goes above 100 kilometers height,
44:49Unko astronaut kalaya jata.
44:51So,
44:51You don't need to understand this.
44:53You don't need to become an astronaut.
44:55You don't need to become an astronaut.
45:09You don't need to become an astronaut.
45:13Space flights,
45:13Which will happen.
45:14Without any crews,
45:17Which are,
45:18Who are trained.
45:19Because everything is done,
45:20Going to be done by computers.
45:22However,
45:24Will you become,
45:25Do you have a chance to become an astronaut?
45:27Yes.
45:27Reason is,
45:28If you have a colony in space,
45:31Then,
45:31Environmental engineers will be required.
45:34Other,
45:35You know,
45:36Planners will be required.
45:38Materials will be required.
45:39With which to build habitats.
45:41For so,
45:42So,
45:42Aap ki jo,
45:44Science background,
45:45Hoegi,
45:46Aap ka jo,
45:47Passion hoega,
45:48To do research,
45:49Or,
45:49To go to a new place,
45:51And,
45:51And,
45:52Find out,
45:53How life is.
45:55Agarap,
45:56If,
45:57Research in Antarctica interests you.
45:59If,
46:00Research in the deep sea interests you.
46:02Then,
46:02Research in space will interest you.
46:04And,
46:05If you go above 100 kilometers,
46:07You are an astronaut.
46:08So,
46:08There are,
46:09Enough disciplines,
46:10Which are going to open up,
46:11In the near future.
46:13Aap ka,
46:14Kya maana hai ki,
46:15Hamare jeewan kaal mein,
46:17Hum,
46:18Baharat se,
46:19Bohut se,
46:19Vyomnauts,
46:20Dekhenge,
46:20Kis tarah ki taiyari,
46:22Usk shetra mein chal rahi hai,
46:23Or,
46:24Un,
46:24Vyomnauts ko,
46:25Paryaavaran ki,
46:26Drishti se,
46:27Kya kya abhi se,
46:28Seekh lena chahiye,
46:29Aapne jeewan mein dhal lena chahiye.
46:31I think,
46:32Bohut hi jald,
46:33We are already working on,
46:35Mission Gaganyan.
46:36Joki hai ki,
46:37We are,
46:38Going to send humans to space,
46:39And bring them back,
46:40Uske baad,
46:41Space station bhi banane ki baad chal rhi,
46:43Or,
46:43You know,
46:44Eventually landing on moon.
46:46To,
46:46Mujhe toh lagta hai ki,
46:48Yeh,
46:48Yeh haam pe joo bachche bae huwe,
46:49Amare audience be,
46:51They will definitely have a chance,
46:52To be a part of this.
46:53Kisi bhi tarih jayse,
46:54Rikki sir ne bataya ki,
46:55Alag-alag tariqe hain,
46:56Jinsse aap,
46:57Is mission se jude sakte hain,
46:58Aap,
46:59Inmei participate kar sakte hain.
47:29Or,
47:30It's going to happen very soon.
47:32Yahaan,
47:32Bhoat se bachche aay huwe hain,
47:33Mumbai ke alag-alag,
47:34School hoke hain,
47:35May chahata hain,
47:35Aap bachche,
47:36Saamne aay,
47:37Jho,
47:37Prashna puchna chahate hain,
47:39Rikki sir se,
47:39Shuk sir se,
47:41Paryawaran ko lekar bhi,
47:43Or,
47:43Antiriksh me,
47:44Udaan ko lekar bhi,
47:45Jho,
47:45Bacche,
47:46Prashna puchna chahate hain.
47:50Toh,
47:51Jabtak unh bachche ko,
47:52Tayyaar kia ja raha hain,
47:53Or,
47:53Yahaan laaya ja raha hain,
47:55Woh,
47:55Prashna puchna ke liye,
47:56Kuch,
47:56Prashna mere bhi hain.
47:57Kyunki,
47:58Mere man mein,
47:58Baut,
47:58Bata na bhi,
48:01Chahata ho,
48:02Ki,
48:02Jab,
48:02Aap,
48:03Aap,
48:03Aap,
48:03Antiriksh peai gae tae a
48:04revenge,
48:06Prashna kau bachane ka liye,
48:33Well, first of all, don't throw a cow. If you throw a sweet wrapper, you'll be wrong.
49:14Well, first of all, don't throw a cow.
49:15Because you need to think about the cost of this. For example, we've heard a lot about tariffs.
49:29Now, tariffs are about trade.
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