"We have one bullet with a very small protective layer of air that allows us our lives - only in space did I realize how important it is to protect it," stressed American astronaut Kate Robbins, who arrived in Israel today (Tuesday) as a guest of the Israel Space Agency.
Rubnis, the 60th woman to arrive at the space, was deployed about a year and a half ago when she voted in the US election at the International Space Station. .
This is a large competition in which hundreds of schools participate throughout the year and in which they work on experiments and scientific projects related to space.
At the beginning of her speech, Robbins described her feelings after launching into space: "The first time you finally fly after all the preparations you go through, you do not know what to expect. But the truth is that after years of training on the spacecraft in launch it is an amazing feeling. And floating is a feeling that is hard to explain that something is extraordinary and amazing.
"When you enter the International Space Station it takes you time to understand how you handle all the scientific equipment and how you move in space. But then you function well together with all the scientific and technological activities that need to be performed."
Robbins added that "I perceived the earth as one essence. There are no terrestrial boundaries, no marine boundaries. You understand how much our globe is one and how negligible all the differences between people are. From the window you see places on earth that are not reached on a daily basis. In one absolute thing. "
"A feeling that is hard to explain."
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Another American astronaut added: "The ideas and experiments I have seen here in schools are amazing, I am received everywhere with great warmth and also enjoy learning from the students. It's not only I tell them what it's like to be in space, what it's like to do space walking, "And it's really exciting all the experiments and ideas of the schools. I learn a lot like this. I am received here everywhere with great warmth and excitement and I really enjoy it."
The Space Olympics is being held for the eighth year and this year about 10,000 students from about 500 schools all over the country participated.
The students who participated in the Space Olympics this year went through five stages, during which they competed in online quizzes, were required to answer complex puzzles, conduct community activities, work together in a group, conduct classroom experiences and build a model according to strict criteria while learning in depth.
In addition, they were required to plan and present a business venture in the field of new space, to brand it and to build a digital virtual prototype model of a physical product.
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