That Gaby Roslin Podcast: Reasons To Be Joyful - Show n Tell with Tim Peake

Episode Date: April 25, 2024

Astronaut Tim Peake shares the object that brings him joy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay, here's our extra slice, our extra nugget of joy with Tim Peek, astronaut, aquanaut, an all-round lovely person. So we always ask everybody to bring in something or shows a photograph for something that brings them joy. I cannot imagine somebody like you who has seen the world as all of us wish we could. What brings you joy? What brings me joy at the moment because I'm not in a spacecraft and I'm not in an air. aircraft as a test pilot. And I do spend a reasonable amount of time in an office doing work and preparing things is this. It's a clock, but it's not just any clock. This is a clock from a Lynx Mark 7 helicopter. And I used to fly these as a test pilot. And so when I'm sat in my office

and I look across and I see that clock, it reminds me of being back in the skies, throwing aircraft around, turning them upside down and pushing them to their limits. So it always raises a smile to my face. Oh, what a wonderful thing to bring in. Oh, thank you so much. You know what? I'm always intrigued because we get so many different things, but nobody has brought in a clock from a helicopter before. Tim, would any roller coaster on the plate, like you just said, throwing them upside down and all the rest of it, would any roller coaster ever satisfy you on Earth because you've been in the most insane roller coasters. Oh yeah, but roller coasters on Earth are brilliant.

I mean, yeah, they are great because they do, I mean, they do push you very, very hard. And we do a lot of G training. We go in the centrifuge and we prepare for launch, prepare for re-entry. But it's a lot smoother. Roller coasters can really fling you around. So you still get a big thrill out of roller coasters, even if you're an astronaut. Okay, you have to choose roller coaster, spaceship or helicopter with that clock in. You're allowed to go in one right now. Helicopter. Yeah, absolutely. Put me in one.

Over space. In terms of just right now to go and have some fun, yes. Over the big one at Blackpool. Yep, absolutely. Over the big one at Blackpool. Yeah, put me in an Apache, put me in the links. Absolutely. Tim Peek, thank you so much. Thank you very much, Gabby.