TED Salon: Radical Craft
Leland Melvin: An astronaut's story of curiosity, perspective and change
Leland Melvin: Astronautova priča o znatiželji, perspektivi i promjeni
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Koji je posao najbolji za mladog čovjeka koji je bio odličan tenisač, čest putnik, kemičar i novak NFL-a? Možda... astronaut? Leland Melvin priča priču o izazovima koje je prihvatio i mogućnostima koje je iskoristio te kako su ga oni doveli na Međunarodnu svemirsku postaju i dali mu novu perspektivu života na Zemlji.
Leland Melvin - Engineer, educator
Leland Melvin is an engineer, educator, former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver. He shares his stories of perseverance and excellence to inspire communities for lasting positive change. Full bio
Leland Melvin is an engineer, educator, former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver. He shares his stories of perseverance and excellence to inspire communities for lasting positive change. Full bio
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00:12
[This talk contains mature content]
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00:16
In 1969, I was standing behind
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Godine 1969. stajao sam iza
00:21
a Sylvania black-and-white television set.
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starog crno-bijelog televizijskog seta,
00:24
Hearing about these things happening
on the set in the front,
on the set in the front,
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slušajući o stvarima koje su se događale
na televizoru ispred.
na televizoru ispred.
00:27
I was the guy, you know,
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Ja sam bio taj, znate,
00:28
moving the rabbit ears
for my dad, and my sister and my mom.
for my dad, and my sister and my mom.
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koji je pomicao antenu
za moga oca, za sestru i mamu.
za moga oca, za sestru i mamu.
00:32
"Move over here, turn over here,
move this way, we can't see the screen."
move this way, we can't see the screen."
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"Pomakni ovdje, okreni tamo,
makni na onu stranu, ne vidimo ekran."
makni na onu stranu, ne vidimo ekran."
00:36
And what they were watching
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A ono što su gledali
00:38
was: "One small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind."
one giant leap for mankind."
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bilo je: "Ovo je mali korak za čovjeka,
ali veliki skok za čovječanstvo."
ali veliki skok za čovječanstvo."
00:43
Neil [Armstrong] and Buzz Aldrin
were walking on the Moon.
were walking on the Moon.
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Neil [Armstrong] i Buzz Aldrin
šetali su po Mjesecu.
šetali su po Mjesecu.
00:47
And I was five years old
in Lynchburg, Virginia,
in Lynchburg, Virginia,
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A ja sam bio petogodišnjak
iz Lynchburga u Virginiji,
iz Lynchburga u Virginiji,
00:51
a skinny black kid
in a kind of somewhat racist town.
in a kind of somewhat racist town.
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mršavi crni dječak
u pomalo rasističkom gradiću.
u pomalo rasističkom gradiću.
00:55
And I was trying to figure out
what I was going to do with my life.
what I was going to do with my life.
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I pokušavao sam shvatiti
što ću učiniti sa svojim životom.
što ću učiniti sa svojim životom.
01:00
And my parents, you know,
they were educators,
they were educators,
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A moji su roditelji, znate, bili učitelji,
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they'd said that you can do anything.
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rekli su da možeš učiniti bilo što.
01:05
But after that moon landing,
all the kids in the neighborhood
all the kids in the neighborhood
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No nakon slijetanja na Mjesec,
sva djeca u susjedstvu
sva djeca u susjedstvu
01:08
were like, "You're going to be
an astronaut?"
an astronaut?"
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su govorila: "Hoćeš li biti astronaut?"
01:10
I'm like, "No."
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A ja bih rekao: "Ne."
01:11
I don't want a buzz cut,
and I don't see someone who looks like me.
and I don't see someone who looks like me.
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Ne želim biti kratko ošišan,
a i ne vidim nekoga tko izgleda kao ja.
a i ne vidim nekoga tko izgleda kao ja.
01:14
Because representation does matter.
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Jer zastupljenost je zaista važna.
01:16
And I knew that there was a guy
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Znao sam za jednog dečka,
01:20
five blocks down the street
on Pierce Street
on Pierce Street
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pet blokova kuća niz ulicu
iz ulice Pierce,
iz ulice Pierce,
01:23
who was training to play tennis.
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koji je trenirao tenis.
01:25
And it was Arthur Ashe.
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Zvao se Arhur Ashe.
01:27
And my dad talked
about his character, his discipline,
about his character, his discipline,
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Moj je otac govorio o
njegovom karakteru i disciplini,
njegovom karakteru i disciplini,
01:30
his intelligence, his athleticism.
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njegovoj inteligenciji i kondiciji.
01:33
I wanted to be Arthur Ashe,
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Ja sam htio biti Arhur Ashe,
01:34
I didn't want to be
one of those moon guys.
one of those moon guys.
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nisam želio biti jedan od onih astronauta.
01:37
And as I went on through this journey,
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I kako sam prolazio kroz ovo iskustvo,
01:41
my dad, who was a school teacher,
he played in a band,
he played in a band,
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moj otac, koji je bio učitelj u školi,
svirao je u bendu,
svirao je u bendu,
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he did all these things to make money
for my sister and I
for my sister and I
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radio je mnogo stvari da zaradi novac
za moju sestru i mene
za moju sestru i mene
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to take piano lessons
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da učimo svirati klavir
i radimo različite stvari za obrazovanje.
01:49
and do these different things
with education.
with education.
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01:51
And he one day decides to drive up
into the driveway with this bread truck.
into the driveway with this bread truck.
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I jednog dana odlučio je doći kući
nekakvim pekarskim kombijem.
nekakvim pekarskim kombijem.
01:58
And I'm thinking, "OK, bread truck,
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A ja sam mislio: "U redu, pekarski kombi,
02:02
me delivering bread
while my dad's driving the truck."
while my dad's driving the truck."
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ja dostavljam kruh
dok moj otac vozi kombi."
dok moj otac vozi kombi."
02:05
I'm like, "OK, I'm going to be
a bread guy now."
a bread guy now."
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Mislio sam: "Izgleda da ću biti
dostavljač kruha."
dostavljač kruha."
02:07
But he says, "This is our camper."
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Ali on je rekao: "Ovo je naš kamper."
02:11
I'm like, "Dude, come one, I can read:
'Merita Bread and Rolls'
'Merita Bread and Rolls'
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A ja mu kažem: "Ajde, mogu pročitati
'Merita kruh i peciva',
'Merita kruh i peciva',
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on the side of this truck.
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piše sa strane ovog kombija.
02:16
And he says, "No, we're going
to build this into our camper."
to build this into our camper."
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A on mi reče: "Ne, od ovog
ćemo napraviti naš kamper."
ćemo napraviti naš kamper."
02:21
And over that summer, we rewired
the entire electrical system.
the entire electrical system.
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I tijekom tog ljeta, prespojili smo
cijeli električni sustav.
cijeli električni sustav.
02:25
We plumbed a propane tank
to a Coleman stove,
to a Coleman stove,
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Spojili smo spremnik za propan
s Coleman peći,
s Coleman peći,
02:28
we built bunk beds that flip down.
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sagradili smo krevete na kat
s preklopom nadolje.
s preklopom nadolje.
02:30
We were turning this into our summer
vacation launch pad, escape pod,
vacation launch pad, escape pod,
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Pretvarali smo ga u kapsulu za spas
tijekom ljetnog odmora,
tijekom ljetnog odmora,
02:35
this thing that could
take us out of Lynchburg.
take us out of Lynchburg.
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u stvar koja nas može
izvući iz Lynchburga.
izvući iz Lynchburga.
02:39
And before that,
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A prije toga,
02:43
I was actually raped at five
by some neighbors.
by some neighbors.
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zapravo su me silovali susjedi
kada sam imao pet godina.
kada sam imao pet godina.
02:48
And I didn't tell anyone,
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Nisam rekao nikome,
02:51
because I had friends
that didn't have fathers.
that didn't have fathers.
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jer sam imao prijatelja
koji nisu imali očeve.
koji nisu imali očeve.
02:54
And I knew that my father
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A znao sam da bi moj otac
02:56
would have killed the people
that did that to his son.
that did that to his son.
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ubio ljude koji su to učinili
njegovom sinu.
njegovom sinu.
02:59
And I didn't want my father to be gone.
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A nisam želio da mi otac bude odveden.
03:02
So as we got in this bread truck
and escaped from Lynchburg,
and escaped from Lynchburg,
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Dakle, kad smo ušli u ovaj pekarski kamion
i pobjegli iz Lynchburga,
i pobjegli iz Lynchburga,
03:07
it was my time with my dad.
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bilo je to moje vrijeme s ocem.
03:09
And we went to the Smoky Mountains
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Otišli smo do nacionalnog parka
Smoky Mountains
Smoky Mountains
03:11
and looked at the purple
mountains' majesty.
mountains' majesty.
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i gledali njegovu
ljubičastu veličanstvenost.
ljubičastu veličanstvenost.
03:14
And we walked along the beach
in Myrtle Beach,
in Myrtle Beach,
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I šetali smo plažom u Myrtle Beachu,
03:16
and this thing was transformative.
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to je bilo transformativno iskustvo.
03:20
It showed me what it meant
to be an explorer, at a very early age.
to be an explorer, at a very early age.
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Pokazalo mi je što to znači
biti istraživač, u vrlo mladoj dobi.
biti istraživač, u vrlo mladoj dobi.
03:24
And I suppressed all that negativity,
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A ja sam potisnuo svu tu negativnost,
03:27
all that trauma,
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svu tu traumu,
03:29
because I was learning to be an explorer.
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zato što sam učio kako biti istraživač.
03:31
And a little bit later, my mother gave me
an age-inappropriate,
an age-inappropriate,
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A malo kasnije, moja majka mi je dala,
neprikladan za moju dob,
neprikladan za moju dob,
ne baš posve siguran set za kemiju,
03:34
non-OSHA-certified chemistry set,
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03:36
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
03:37
where I created the most incredible
explosion in her living room.
explosion in her living room.
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kojim sam izveo nevjerojatne
eksplozije u njenoj dnevnoj sobi.
eksplozije u njenoj dnevnoj sobi.
03:41
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
03:43
And so I knew I could be a chemist.
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Tako sam znao da mogu biti kemičar.
03:44
So as I went on this journey
through a high school,
through a high school,
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I tako sam krenuo na putovanje
kroz srednju školu,
kroz srednju školu,
03:47
and I went to college,
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upisao sam fakultet
03:49
and I got a football scholarship
to play football in college.
to play football in college.
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i dobio stipendiju za igranje
američkog nogometa na fakultetu.
američkog nogometa na fakultetu.
03:52
And I knew that I could be a chemist,
because I'd already blown stuff up.
because I'd already blown stuff up.
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A znao sam da mogu biti kemičar,
jer sam već prije raznio neke stvari.
jer sam već prije raznio neke stvari.
03:55
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
03:57
And when I graduated,
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I kada sam diplomirao,
04:00
I got drafted to the Detroit Lions.
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pozvan sam u momčad Detroit Lions.
04:03
But I pulled a hamstring in training camp,
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Ali ozlijedio sam tetivu
u kampu za treninge
u kampu za treninge
04:05
and so what every former NFL player does,
they go work for NASA, right?
they go work for NASA, right?
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i tako, što svaki bivši sportaš učini,
ode raditi za NASA-u, zar ne?
ode raditi za NASA-u, zar ne?
04:09
So I went to work for NASA.
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Zato sam otišao u NASA-u.
04:10
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
04:11
And this friend of mine said,
"Leland, you'd be great astronaut."
"Leland, you'd be great astronaut."
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Prijatelj mi je rekao:
"Lelande, ti bi bio odličan astronaut."
"Lelande, ti bi bio odličan astronaut."
04:14
I just laughed at him,
I was like, "Yeah, me, an astronaut?"
I was like, "Yeah, me, an astronaut?"
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Samo sam se nasmijao
i rekao: "Da baš, ja, astronaut?"
i rekao: "Da baš, ja, astronaut?"
Sjećaš li se Neila i Buzza,
onoga iz 1969.?
onoga iz 1969.?
04:17
You know that Neil and Buzz
thing from back in '69?
thing from back in '69?
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04:19
And he handed me an application,
and I looked at it,
and I looked at it,
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I predao mi je prijavu, pogledao sam je,
04:22
and I didn't fill it out.
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ali je nisam ispunio.
04:23
And that same year, another friend of mine
filled out the application
filled out the application
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A te iste godine, još je jedan
moj prijatelj ispunio prijavu
moj prijatelj ispunio prijavu
04:28
and he got in.
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i primili su ga.
04:30
And I said to myself,
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Rekao sam sam sebi:
04:32
"If NASA's letting knuckleheads
like that be astronauts,"
like that be astronauts,"
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"Ako NASA prima takve
tupane za astronaute,"
tupane za astronaute,"
04:35
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
04:37
"maybe I can be one, too."
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"možda i ja to mogu postati."
04:38
So the next selection, I filled out
the application, and I got in.
the application, and I got in.
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Dakle, idući put sam ispunio
prijavu i primili su me.
prijavu i primili su me.
04:42
And I didn't know
what it meant to be an astronaut:
what it meant to be an astronaut:
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Nisam znao što to
točno znači biti astronaut:
točno znači biti astronaut:
04:46
the training, the simulations,
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treninzi, simulacije,
04:48
all these things to get you ready
for this countdown:
for this countdown:
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sve te stvari koje te pripremaju
za ovo odbrojavanje:
za ovo odbrojavanje:
04:51
three, two, one, liftoff.
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tri, dva, jedan, polijetanje.
04:54
And in 2007, I was in Space Shuttle
"Atlantis," careening off the planet,
"Atlantis," careening off the planet,
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A 2007. sam u Space Shuttleu
"Atlantida" odmicao od planeta,
"Atlantida" odmicao od planeta,
04:59
traveling at 17,500 miles per hour.
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putujući brzinom od
28.165 kilometara na sat.
28.165 kilometara na sat.
05:03
And eight and a half minutes later,
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Osam i pol minuta kasnije,
05:05
the main engines cut off,
and we're now floating in space.
and we're now floating in space.
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glavni motori prestaju raditi
i sada plutamo kroz svemir.
i sada plutamo kroz svemir.
05:09
And I push off
and float over to the window,
and float over to the window,
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Odgurnuo sam se i doplutao do prozora
05:12
and I can see the Caribbean.
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te sam mogao vidjeti Karibe.
05:14
And I need new definitions of blue
to describe the colors that I see.
to describe the colors that I see.
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Trebala mi je nova definicija plave
da opišem boje koje vidim.
da opišem boje koje vidim.
05:18
Azure, indigo, navy blue,
medium navy blue, turquoise
medium navy blue, turquoise
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Azurna, indigo, mornarsko plava,
srednje mornarsko plava, tirkizna
srednje mornarsko plava, tirkizna
05:22
don't do any justice
to what I see with my eyes.
to what I see with my eyes.
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ne dočaravaju dovoljno ono što sam vidio.
05:26
And my job on this mission was to install
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Moj posao u toj misiji
bio je da instaliram
bio je da instaliram
05:29
this two-billion dollar
Columbus laboratory.
Columbus laboratory.
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dvije milijarde dolara vrijedan
laboratorij Columbus.
laboratorij Columbus.
05:33
It was a research laboratory
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To je laboratorij za istraživanje,
05:34
for materials research,
for human research.
for human research.
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za istraživanje materijala,
za ljudska istraživanja.
za ljudska istraživanja.
05:37
And I reached into the payload bay
of the space shuttle,
of the space shuttle,
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Posegnuo sam u Space Shuttleov
prostor za teret,
prostor za teret,
05:41
grabbed out this big module,
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zgrabio sam jedan veliki modul
05:43
and I used the robotic arm
and I attached it to the space station.
and I attached it to the space station.
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i koristio robotsku ruku
da ga pričvrstim za svemirsku postaju.
da ga pričvrstim za svemirsku postaju.
05:47
And the European team have been waiting
10 years for this thing to get installed,
10 years for this thing to get installed,
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Europski tim čekao je 10 godina
da se ta stvar instalira
da se ta stvar instalira
05:51
so I'm sure everyone in Europe was like,
"Leland! Leland! Leland!"
"Leland! Leland! Leland!"
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pa su sigurno svi u Europi navijali:
"Leland! Leland! Leland!"
"Leland! Leland! Leland!"
05:56
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
05:57
And so this moment happened,
this was our primary mission objective,
this was our primary mission objective,
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Tako se dogodio taj trenutak,
to je bio primarni cilj naše misije,
to je bio primarni cilj naše misije,
06:01
it was done.
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bilo je gotovo.
06:03
And I had this big sigh of relief.
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Duboko sam odahnuo.
06:07
But then, Peggy Whitson,
the first female commander,
the first female commander,
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No tada, Peggy Whitson,
prva žena kao zapovjednik,
prva žena kao zapovjednik,
06:10
she invited us over
to the Russian segment.
to the Russian segment.
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pozvala nas je do ruskog dijela postaje.
06:12
And the space station's
about the size of a football field,
about the size of a football field,
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A svemirska je postaja
veličine nogometnog terena,
veličine nogometnog terena,
06:15
with solar panel and trusses
and all of these modules.
and all of these modules.
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sa solarnim panelima, rešetkama
i svim tim modulima.
i svim tim modulima.
06:19
And she says, "Leland, you go get
the rehydrated vegetables,
the rehydrated vegetables,
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Onda je rekla: "Lelande, ti odi
i uzmi rehidrirano povrće,
i uzmi rehidrirano povrće,
06:22
we have the meat."
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mi imamo meso."
06:23
So we float over with the bag
of vegetables, all rehydrated,
of vegetables, all rehydrated,
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Tako smo plutali s torbom
povrća, sve rehidrirano,
povrća, sve rehidrirano,
06:27
and we get there.
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i otišli smo tamo.
06:29
And there's this moment
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Tada se dogodio trenutak
06:30
where I get [transported]
back to my mother's kitchen.
back to my mother's kitchen.
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koji me vratio u kuhinju moje majke.
06:35
You can smell the beef
and barley heating up,
and barley heating up,
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Možeš namirisati govedinu i ječam
kako se krčkaju,
kako se krčkaju,
06:37
you can smell the food, the colors,
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možeš namirisati hranu, boje,
06:41
and there are people there
from all around the world.
from all around the world.
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a tu su svi ti ljudi iz cijelog svijeta.
06:44
It's like a Benetton commercial,
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Kao u reklami za Benetton,
06:46
you know, you have African American,
Asian American, French, German, Russian,
Asian American, French, German, Russian,
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znate, tu su Afroamerikanac,
Azijat, Francuz, Nijemac, Rus,
Azijat, Francuz, Nijemac, Rus,
06:50
the first female commander,
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prva žena zapovjednik,
06:51
breaking bread at 17,500 miles per hour,
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koji jedu putujući brzinom od
28.165 kilometara na sat,
28.165 kilometara na sat,
06:55
going around the planet every 90 minutes,
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obilazeći planet svakih 90 minuta,
06:57
seeing a sunrise and a sunset every 45.
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gledajući izlazak i zalazak sunca
svakih 45 minuta.
svakih 45 minuta.
07:01
And Peggy would say,
"Hey, Leland, try some of this,"
"Hey, Leland, try some of this,"
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Peggy je rekla:
"Hej, Lelande, probaj malo ovog,"
"Hej, Lelande, probaj malo ovog,"
gurnula je hranu prema mojim ustima,
07:03
and she'd float it over to my mouth,
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and I'd catch it
and we'd go back and forth.
and we'd go back and forth.
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uhvatio sam pa smo si
naizmjenično slali hranu.
naizmjenično slali hranu.
07:07
And we're doing all of this while
listening to Sade's "Smooth Operator."
listening to Sade's "Smooth Operator."
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Sve smo to radili slušajući
pjesmu Sade "Smooth Operator".
pjesmu Sade "Smooth Operator".
07:13
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
07:14
I mean, this is like
blowing my mind, you know.
blowing my mind, you know.
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Mislim, to mi je fascinantno, znate.
07:16
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
07:17
And I float over to the window,
and I look down at the planet,
and I look down at the planet,
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Doplutao sam do prozora,
pogledao dolje prema planetu
pogledao dolje prema planetu
07:21
and I see all of humanity.
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i vidio cijelo čovječanstvo.
07:24
And my perspective changes at that moment,
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Moja se perspektiva tada promijenila,
07:27
because, I'm flying over Lynchburg,
Virginia, my home town,
Virginia, my home town,
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zato što sam letio iznad Lyncburga,
mog rodnog mjesta,
mog rodnog mjesta,
07:30
and my family's probably breaking bread.
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a moja je obitelj vjerojatno isto jela.
07:32
And five minutes later,
we're flying over Paris,
we're flying over Paris,
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Pet minuta kasnije,
letjeli smo iznad Pariza,
letjeli smo iznad Pariza,
07:34
where Leo Eyharts
is looking down at his parents,
is looking down at his parents,
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gdje Leo Eyharts
gleda dolje svoje roditelje,
gleda dolje svoje roditelje,
07:37
probably having some wine and cheese,
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koji vjerojatno jedu malo sira i vina,
07:39
and Yuri's looking off to Moscow,
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a Yuri gleda prema Moskvi,
07:41
and they're probably eating
borscht or something else.
borscht or something else.
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gdje vjerojatno jedu boršč
ili nešto slično.
ili nešto slično.
07:43
But we're all having this moment
where we see our respective families
where we see our respective families
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Ali svi smo imali taj trenutak
kada smo vidjeli svoje obitelji
kada smo vidjeli svoje obitelji
07:48
working together as one civilization,
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koje zajedno rade kao jedna civilizacija,
07:52
at 17,500 miles per hour.
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putujući brzinom od 28.165
kilometara na sat.
kilometara na sat.
07:56
My perspective shifted cognitively,
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Moja se perspektiva
koginitivno promijenila,
koginitivno promijenila,
07:59
it changed me.
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to me promijenilo.
08:00
And when I think about being
that little skinny boy,
that little skinny boy,
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I kada se sjetim da sam bio
taj mršavi mali dječak,
taj mršavi mali dječak,
08:02
from sometimes racist Lynchburg, Virginia,
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iz pomalo rasističkog
Lynchburga u Viriginiji,
Lynchburga u Viriginiji,
08:06
I would never have had that perspective
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nikada ne bih imao tu perspektivu
08:10
to think about myself
of being an astronaut,
of being an astronaut,
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misliti o sebi kao o astronautu,
08:13
if my father hadn't taken us on a journey
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da nas moj otac nije odveo na putovanje
08:16
in this radical craft that we built
with our own two hands.
with our own two hands.
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u tom radikalnom vozilu koje smo
izgradili vlastitim rukama.
izgradili vlastitim rukama.
08:22
When I came home,
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Kada sam došao kući,
08:24
I realized that perspective is something
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shvatio sam da je ta perspektiva nešto
08:28
that we all get and we all have.
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što svi dobijemo i svi imamo.
08:32
It's just how far
do we open up our blinders
do we open up our blinders
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Pitanje je samo koliko ćemo
široko razmaknuti povez
široko razmaknuti povez
08:34
to see that shift and that change.
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da vidimo tu promjenu.
08:37
And going back to the space station,
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A što se tiče svemirske postaje,
08:39
I think of, you know, Germans
and Russians fighting Americans.
and Russians fighting Americans.
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mislim na, znate, Nijemce i Ruse
koji se bore protiv Amerikanaca.
koji se bore protiv Amerikanaca.
08:45
We have these people
living and working together.
living and working together.
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Na jednom su mjestu ljudi
koji žive i rade zajedno.
koji žive i rade zajedno.
08:48
White folks, black folks, Russian folks,
French folks, you know.
French folks, you know.
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Bijelci, crnci, Rusi, Francuzi, znate.
08:52
All these different people coexisting
in harmony as one race.
in harmony as one race.
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Svi ti drukčiji ljudi koji žive
u harmoniji kao jedna rasa.
u harmoniji kao jedna rasa.
08:58
And I think about the colors that I saw,
the design of the modules,
the design of the modules,
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Mislim i o bojama koje sam vidio,
o dizajnu modula,
o dizajnu modula,
09:02
the way that things fit together,
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načinu na koji se stvari poklapaju,
09:04
the way that it made us
a community, our home.
a community, our home.
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načinu zbog kojeg smo bili
zajednica, stvorili dom.
zajednica, stvorili dom.
09:09
And so when I look up to space now,
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Tako da kada sad pogledam gore u svemir,
09:13
and I have this newfound perspective
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uz svoju novu perspektivu
09:17
on the space station going overhead
and looking there,
and looking there,
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i pogledam svemirsku postaju
koja je gore, gledajući u nju
koja je gore, gledajući u nju
09:20
and then looking back at my community
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te potom gledajući moju zajednicu
09:22
and seeing the people
that I'm living and working with,
that I'm living and working with,
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i vidim ljude s kojima radim i živim,
09:25
and coexisting with,
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i u suživotu sam s njima,
09:27
I think it's something that we all
can do now, especially in these times,
can do now, especially in these times,
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mislim da je to nešto
što sada svi možemo, pogotovo sada,
što sada svi možemo, pogotovo sada,
09:33
to make sure that we have
the right perspective.
the right perspective.
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da budemo sigurni da
imamo pravu perspektivu.
imamo pravu perspektivu.
09:38
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
09:39
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
09:44
Chee Pearlman: If you don't mind,
could I just chat with you for a minute,
could I just chat with you for a minute,
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Chee Pearlaman: Ako Vam ne smeta,
možemo li kratko popričati?
možemo li kratko popričati?
Jer oni će postaviti neke stvari ovdje.
09:47
because they're going to set up
some things here.
some things here.
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09:50
And I get to have you all to myself, OK.
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A ja Vas imam samo za sebe.
09:52
Leland Melvin: Alright.
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Leland Melvin: U redu.
09:54
CP: You guys don't get to hear this.
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CP: Vi nećete imati priliku ovo čuti.
09:56
So I have to tell you
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Dakle, moram Vam reći
09:58
that in my family,
we watch a lot of space movies
we watch a lot of space movies
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da u mojoj obitelji
gledamo puno filmova o svemiru,
gledamo puno filmova o svemiru,
10:03
about astronauts and stuff like that.
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o astronautima i takvim stvarima.
10:05
I can't tell you why, but we do.
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Ne mogu Vam reći zašto, ali to radimo.
10:07
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
10:09
The thing that I wanted
to ask you, though,
to ask you, though,
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Stvar koju Vas želim pitati, doduše,
10:11
is that we were seeing
this movie the other day,
this movie the other day,
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je da smo gledali jedan film
prije nekog vremena,
prije nekog vremena,
10:15
and it was about one of the astronauts,
one of your colleagues,
one of your colleagues,
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radilo se o jednom astronautu,
jednom od vaših kolega,
jednom od vaših kolega,
10:19
and before he went up into space,
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i prije nego što je otišao
na misiju u svemir,
na misiju u svemir,
10:22
they actually wrote an obituary,
NASA wrote an obituary for him.
NASA wrote an obituary for him.
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napisali su osmrtnicu,
NASA je napisala osmrtnicu za njega.
NASA je napisala osmrtnicu za njega.
10:26
And I was like, is that normal?
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A mene je zanimalo, je li to normalno?
10:28
And is that part of the job?
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Je li to dio posla?
10:30
Do you think about that peril
that you're putting yourself in
that you're putting yourself in
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Razmišljate li o opasnosti
u koju se dovodite
u koju se dovodite
dok idete u svemir?
10:36
as you go into space?
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LM: Da.
10:37
LM: Yeah.
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10:38
So, I don't remember anyone
writing my obituary,
writing my obituary,
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Pa ne sjećam se da je netko
napisao moju osmrtnicu,
napisao moju osmrtnicu,
10:41
maybe that was an Apollo-day thing.
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možda su to radili u doba Apollo misija.
10:43
But I do know that in the 135
shuttle flights that we've had,
shuttle flights that we've had,
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Ali znam da je tijekom 135 Space Shuttle
letova koje smo imali,
letova koje smo imali,
10:48
the shuttle that I flew on,
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shuttle kojim sam ja letio,
10:50
we had two accidents
that killed everyone on that mission.
that killed everyone on that mission.
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imali smo dvije nesreće
koje su gotovo ubile sve na toj misiji.
koje su gotovo ubile sve na toj misiji.
10:55
And we all know the perils
and the risks that go along with this,
and the risks that go along with this,
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Svi mi znamo opasnosti
i rizike koji idu uz ovo,
i rizike koji idu uz ovo,
10:58
but we're doing something
that's much bigger than ourselves,
that's much bigger than ourselves,
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ali mi radimo nešto što je
puno veće od nas samih
puno veće od nas samih
11:01
and helping advance civilization,
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i pomažemo napredak civilizacije,
11:03
so the risk is worth the reward.
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tako da je rizik vrijedan nagrade.
11:06
And we all feel that way
when we get into that vehicle
when we get into that vehicle
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Svi se osjećamo tako
kada ulazimo u tu letjelicu
kada ulazimo u tu letjelicu
11:09
ans strap into those million pounds
of rocket fuel and go up to space.
of rocket fuel and go up to space.
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i zavežemo se u te milijune kilograma
raketnog goriva i odemo u svemir.
raketnog goriva i odemo u svemir.
11:13
CP: Yeah, I've only seen
the Hollywood version --
the Hollywood version --
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CP: Da, ja sam samo vidjela
hollywoodsku verziju,
hollywoodsku verziju,
11:16
it looks pretty terrifying,
I have to tell you.
I have to tell you.
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izgleda poprilično zastrašujuće,
moram priznati.
moram priznati.
11:18
LM: You should go.
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LM: Trebali biste probati.
11:19
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
11:21
CP: Yeah, my husband's
told me that a few times.
told me that a few times.
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CP: Da baš, moj mi je muž
to rekao nekoliko puta.
to rekao nekoliko puta.
11:23
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
11:25
LM: One-way trip or two-way?
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LM: Put u jednom smjeru ili s povratkom?
11:27
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
11:29
CP: That’s a bit of a debate in our house.
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CP: To je jedna od debata u našem domu.
11:31
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
11:33
I wanted to, if I may ...
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Željela sam, ako smijem...
11:37
You did touch on something
that was very powerful and difficult,
that was very powerful and difficult,
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Spomenuli ste nešto
što je jako moćno i teško,
što je jako moćno i teško,
11:42
which is, you spoke about this incident
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govorili ste o tom incidentu
koji Vam se dogodio
kada ste imali pet godina,
kada ste imali pet godina,
11:46
that had happened to you
when you were five years old,
when you were five years old,
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a to je da ste bili silovani.
11:49
and that you were raped.
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A ja jednostavno mislim,
činjenica da možete reći te stvari,
činjenica da možete reći te stvari,
11:50
And I just think that
for you to be able to say those things,
for you to be able to say those things,
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11:53
you know, on the TED stage,
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znate, na TED pozornici,
11:55
to be able to talk about that at all,
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da uopće možete govoriti o tome,
11:58
is pretty fearless.
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je poprilično neustrašivo.
12:00
And I wanted to get a sense from you,
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I željela sam Vas pitati,
12:03
is that something that you think
is important for you to share that now,
is important for you to share that now,
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mislite li da je to nešto
što je važno da podijelite,
što je važno da podijelite,
da govorite o tome?
12:07
to speak about it?
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12:08
LM: It's so important, especially for men,
to talk about things that have happened,
to talk about things that have happened,
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LM: To je jako važno, posebno za muškarce,
da razgovaramo o tim događajima,
da razgovaramo o tim događajima,
12:13
because we've been trained
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zato što smo istrenirani
12:14
and told by our society
that we have to be so tough and so hard
that we have to be so tough and so hard
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i naše nam društvo govori
da moramo biti čvrsti i snažni
da moramo biti čvrsti i snažni
12:18
and we can't tell of things
that are happening to us.
that are happening to us.
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i da ne možemo govoriti o stvarima
koje nam se događaju.
koje nam se događaju.
12:21
But I've had so many men
contact me and tell me that,
contact me and tell me that,
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Ali toliko mi se muškaraca
javilo i reklo mi,
javilo i reklo mi,
"Prošao si kroz to, prebolio si to,
12:25
"You came through that, you got over that,
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ja ću izliječiti svoj alkoholizam."
12:27
I'm going to get over my alcoholism,"
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I te stvari koje se događaju u njima,
12:29
and these things
that are going on in them,
that are going on in them,
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12:31
because of what happened to them.
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zbog toga što se dogodilo njima.
12:32
And so we must share these stories,
this is part of storytelling,
this is part of storytelling,
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I zato moramo dijeliti te priče,
to je zadatak pripovijedanja,
to je zadatak pripovijedanja,
12:36
to heal us and to make us
whole as a community.
whole as a community.
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da nas izliječi i učini od nas
jednu jedinstvenu zajednicu.
jednu jedinstvenu zajednicu.
12:39
CP: That's wonderful.
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CP: To je predivno.
12:41
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
12:46
And you know, quite honestly,
you spoke about perspective shift,
you spoke about perspective shift,
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I znate, sasvim iskreno,
govorili ste o promjeni perspektive,
govorili ste o promjeni perspektive,
12:50
and that is a shift that I think
we've been very slow to accept
we've been very slow to accept
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mislim da je to promjena
koju jako sporo prihvaćamo,
koju jako sporo prihvaćamo,
12:55
and to be able to speak about that,
so we thank you for that.
so we thank you for that.
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a Vi ste uspjeli govoriti o tome,
zato Vam zahvaljujemo.
zato Vam zahvaljujemo.
12:59
We thank you for being
the amazing astronaut that you are,
the amazing astronaut that you are,
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Zahvaljujemo Vam što ste
takav nevjerojatan astronaut
takav nevjerojatan astronaut
13:02
and thank you for coming
to the TED stage, Leland.
to the TED stage, Leland.
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i hvala Vam što ste došli
na TED pozornicu, Lelande.
na TED pozornicu, Lelande.
13:04
LM: Thank you so much, Chee.
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LM: Hvala Vam puno, Chee.
13:06
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Leland Melvin - Engineer, educatorLeland Melvin is an engineer, educator, former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver. He shares his stories of perseverance and excellence to inspire communities for lasting positive change.
Why you should listen
Leland Melvin served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on mission STS-122 (2008) and STS-129 (2009), helping to construct the International Space Station. He also served as co-chair of the White House's Federal Coordination in STEM Education Task Force and as NASA Associate Administrator for Education. He can currently be seen as a judge on ABC's robot competition series "BattleBots."
"Houston, we have a problem." Melvin was 25 feet under water in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a six million gallon pool, training to perform spacewalks as a NASA astronaut when he called the test director and asked him to turn the volume up in his headset. He never heard a reply and was immediately hoisted out of the pool to learn that he was deaf. Emergency surgery resulting in only partial recovery to his hearing and led him to being medically disqualified to fly in space by NASA flight surgeons.
This is just one of the many career-ending challenges Melvin has overcome in his life. Before becoming an astronaut, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions to play professional football in 1986, but a hamstring injury thwarted his NFL career with Detroit and then later with the Dallas Cowboys. Through determination and perseverance, he ultimately traveled off-planet twice on Space Shuttle Atlantis to help construct the International Space Station, logging more than 565 hours in space. He's the only person drafted into the National Football League to have flown in space. The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored his athletic and academic accomplishments by placing his Detroit Lions jersey under glass in Canton, Ohio.
Melvin has a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a master's degree in materials science engineering. He worked at NASA Langley Research Center in the area of nondestructive testing creating optical fiber sensors for measuring damage in aerospace vehicles resulting in publications in numerous scientific journals. After hanging up his space boots, he was appointed head of NASA Education and served as the co-chair on the White House's Federal Coordination in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Task Force developing the nation's five-year STEM education plan. He was the United States representative and chair of the International Space Education Board (ISEB), a global collaboration in space. He holds five honorary doctorates for his service in education, the sciences and philanthropy.
Melvin's memoir, Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars and examines the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success. A young reader's version of the book is available here.
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