. >> doctor gemison, thank you for putting it in a way for us to grasp some of it. doctor, we'll give you the last word here. you know, we're hearing that shatner said everybody needs to do this. as somebody who has written extensively about space travel, this is isn't making it more common, but we're probably still a little ways away from maybe you or i doing this. >> well, on the 23rd century, when star trek takes place, people simply teleport themselves into outer space. however, let me say one thing. last saturday we had an explosion on the sun. a solar flare came barrelling toward the planet earth. it could have disrupted satellites. it could have caused a delay or cancellation of this flight, but we dodged the bullet. i think in the future we're going to have to give not just a weather report, but a space weather report. we're going to have to find out exactly what's happening with the universe, not just the earth, but the sun as well. solar flares can definitely cause disruption of our sat hits, mitigations, the -- all of that could go down if a solar flare h