Barbarella chats with a real astronaut about A MILLION MILES AWAY!

Hey, friends. Barbara here, always feeling A little as I am floating After Speaking with Jose Hernández about THE movie base on her life, A MILLION MILES FAR. Available NOW on Amazon Prime, THE movie stars Michael Pena In THE role of A immigrant farmer with out of this world dreams. Young Jose has A gift For Numbers, And her family struggles has find A path has give him A future out of THE harsh farm work they endure has TO DO ends meet. It is A beautiful history of dreams, sacrifices, influence, And THE huge impact teachers could to have on young people. TRUE has form, I cry happy tears on more that A occasion all along THE movie.

While THE movie shots all My feel buttons, Speaking with THE movies subject leaves Me A little on THE moon. I have Never encounter A real astronaut Before, SO he East A exciting First of all For Me. Check he out!

I love THE car In THE movie. How accurate was he has THE car that You had?

« This A was A '62. I know My Chevrolet impalas. I possesses A '64. He had three back lights. It is how I know he was A little different. Mine was jet black, And he had fine scratches, roses on THE side, not THE the butterflies, but other that that he was THE even type of car, And he look at THE even, And I did to have A chain piloting wheel. Yes, I I did it."

When they TO DO movies base on TRUE stories, they take A plot of freedoms. How was This movie different Since your real experience?

"You know, I think very little freedoms were taken In THE movie; he was pretty accurate. But having said that, You i have to realize, When You to try has put A entire life And condense he In A two o'clock history, there are going has be [a few changes]. THE minor things that I saw were THE combining of several characters In A character has to safeguard time, And maybe switching A little little of THE chronology SO that he makes he to flow better, but other that that, Barbara, All was pretty accurate. »

I obtained THE impression that THE submarine exercises were THE most difficult For You. What was THE most difficult For You In THE training?

"That was A of THE most difficult because We In fact did he three times, Barbara. You can't unbuckle your seatbelt until You are down has THE down Upside down down, And You had hit THE ground. THE First of all time they say "Get out anyway You can." THE second time, they assign exits SO You crisscross each other, And You work as A team, And THE third time they In fact give You a few black protective glasses, And You i have to get out by feel. He was pretty traumatic, And We all pushed each other And supported each other, And We all obtained through that."

You are THE First of all person I have Never talked with who is In fact has been In space. It is amazing.

"Words can't TO DO he justice, Barbara. When You are up there floating, You feel as A Super hero, because It is SO unnatural that You are continuously floating. You push yourself Since A wall has propel yourself, And You can TO DO your best Superman imitation. In orbit, You go around THE world once each ninety minutes. It is SO awesome."

It is amazing. I don't do it feel as We saw A entire plot of your children' reactions has your training And All. What was that as For them?

"You know, It is funny that You ask, Barbara. For them, he was kind of natural because they were Really little When I obtained selected. As I went through THE training, We lived close Johnson Space Center In THE community Clear Lake City, And THE children went has A elementary school Or other astronaut children were there. He was not as they were Nothing special. Each Classroom had has less A astronaut child In t...