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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cThere\u2019s this thing called the overview effect: Space has this effect on people that you could probably call almost spiritual. Everyone returns from spaceflight changed in one way or another. \u2026 They see the Earth from space, and that\u2019s how they continue to see it after flight.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 The more people travel to space and have the experience of seeing the Earth, the less chance of wars and conflict and separation we have. Life becomes more hopeful.<\/p>\n
\u201cI read [\u2018The Last Man on the Moon\u2019] by Gene Cernan, and he was describing how he felt looking at the Earth from the surface of the Moon. I was like, \u2018Yeah, there\u2019s something there.\u2019\u2026 I feel like we go to space not to learn more about space but to learn more about ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Margarita Sampson, Branch Chief, NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center<\/p>\n
Image Credit: NASA \/ William Stafford Check out some of our other Faces of NASA.<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> \u201cThere\u2019s this thing called the overview effect: Space has this effect on people that you could probably call almost spiritual. Everyone returns from spaceflight changed in one way or another. \u2026 They see the Earth from space, and that\u2019s how they continue to see it after flight. \u201c\u2026 The more people travel to space and [\u2026] Continue reading
Interviewer: NASA \/ Michelle Zajac<\/em><\/p>\n
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