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Published on Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 22:08, Updated on Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 23:18 in Sci-Tech section
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She ran a marathon in the outer space, spent an incredible time at the International Space Station—a record-breaking six-months. That’s the journey of Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams. CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai shared the journalistic 'space’ with someone who has been to space and back, quite literally.
Rajdeep Sardesai: Did you imagine before that you are such a big star here in India?
Sunita Williams: No, not really. I don't know if I am worthy enough to use the word star. I hope role model is what comes to people's mind when they associate with my name because I see a lot of myself in all these children here. I would like them to see that the things I did were not impossible. They are easy to achieve and they can do the same thing.
Rajdeep Sardesai: The past 15 days that you have been in India, you have been like the ‘Pied Piper’. Wherever you go people seem to follow you. They even put a crown on your head in your home village. Are you overwhelmed by the kind of adulation that you have got?
Sunita Williams: Yes, I am certainly overwhelmed. Everywhere that I have gone I have seen smiling faces and wide eyes and children who want to understand what we are doing in the space programme. And they all want to join in. That is what is really encouraging and uplifting.
Rajdeep Sardesai: When you were up in space, could you see India from up there?
Sunita Williams: Of course, the shape of India is very distinct. At the risk of being a little repetitive I have mentioned before in a number of interviews that our view of the planet is just spectacular. You see distinct land features like Italy and India. But you don't know where the boundaries are, those are all just written on a piece of paper. It's all in our mind.
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Please stop calling her as Indo-US, since she was born and brought up in US, and one of her parent
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Please ask Sunitha Williams why only ladies from India go to space?
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I feel that an amazing opportunity to ask Sunita Williams questions about her education, her college experiences and her formative
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The space stations, the space craft and the space labs are an engineering feat in themselves. So much thought and
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Thank you for this wonderful interview for the kids and partly by the kids. It should be an award-winning program
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