What’s it like to win a trip to space? – BBC

Keisha: We've already heard so many people that are telling everyone you've got to take care of your planet, so many people are advocating for this. Even me, here on our island [of Antigua], I help with beach clean-ups and all of that kind of stuff. But being outside and looking back at our planet, I feel even more of a connection with it. And knowing that the small things that we take on in this life, it really doesn't matter, because we're just a speck of nothing in this huge Universe.

I thought that would have been scary, but it was very peaceful. Anything out there in the beyond, I feel has to be of a peaceful energy because it's just peace that you feel out there. We're the ones that bring fear and all kind of stuff that is not necessary. We have our own confusion within ourselves, and we spread it with each other.

Given that this was such a spiritual, life-changing experience for you both, do you wish space tourism was something that was accessible to everybody?

Ana: I definitely do. It's something that seems so crazy, but it's so meaningful. You find yourself being a lot more emotional and open than you think you would. It's so much deeper than you might think that it is. And I think that other people, if they're given the opportunity to do this, it'll be a very mind-opening experience, and I definitely think that that is a huge positive for the future.

I know you've said it's pretty indescribable. But if there were any one word you would use to describe the experience of seeing Earth as you looked back on it, what would that word be?

Ana: One. It really makes you one. It makes you feel very connected and involved and just borderless.

Keisha: My word was going to be unity, but now I'm changing it. It's peace.

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