An Astronaut’s “Orbital Perspective”
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Overview
Ron Garan, a decorated NASA astronaut, fighter pilot and test pilot, has spent 178 days in space and has traveled more than 71 million miles during 2,842 orbits of our planet. He flew on both the U.S. space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, where he accomplished four spacewalks, and spent six months on the International Space Station (ISS).
Ron’s transformative stay on the ISS resulted in a profound shift in perspective known as the Overview Effect; he realized how seeing Earth as a fragile, interconnected system calls for global cooperation. After all, if fifteen nations can work together to create and run the most complex structure ever built in space, why can’t we work together to solve our problems on earth? In his session based on his breakthrough book “The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles,” Garan explains how we can all gain this “orbital perspective” to guide and inspire our efforts to build a better world.