The commander of the International Space Station (ISS) Anton Shkaplerov admitted that he believes in aliens in such boundless outer space, he said on November 20 on the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".
"We have not seen the Lord God, but we are sure that he sees us, protects us, that's for sure. I haven't seen any aliens, although I believe they probably exist. We cannot be alone in such a boundless space as the universe," the cosmonaut said.
Together with colleague Pyotr Dubrov, during a live broadcast from space, they explained why there is no awe and horror when going into outer space, which should have been covered by the realization that the Earth is 400 km away, and there is cosmic darkness around.
"Since there is practically no atmosphere between us - the station and the surface of the planet - there is a very thin layer, you can see it very clearly. Therefore, there is no feeling that these 400 km to the surface. It seems to be very close, maybe a couple hundred meters," Dubrov said.
Shkaplerov and Dubrov are on the ISS as part of the 66th long-term expedition together with NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.
In October, Pavel Gaiduk, a methodologist of the first category of the Moscow Cosmonautics Museum, said that astronauts on the ISS eat ordinary food from vacuum packaging, and food from tubes is a thing of the past. Astronauts consume approximately 3,300 kcal per day and, in order not to gain weight, they have to exercise for one and a half to two hours daily.
