Hayley Arceneaux: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and SpaceX, Inspiration4 Astronaut!

Hayley Arceneaux is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant, a career she committed to at age ten, after surviving pediatric bone cancer. She is also now a member of the SpaceX medical team, where she helps medically train commercial astronauts. She joined SpaceX's first private spaceflight, Inspiration4, on September 15, 2021, and successfully water-landed three days later. At age twenty-nine, she became the youngest American to orbit the earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor in space, and the first astronaut with a prosthetic body part. In this episode, Ben and Hayley discuss how Hayley had to keep the fact she was going to space a secret, the overview effect, how she never got claustrophobic on Crew Dragon and her new memoir, WILD RIDE: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:00 Episode 50 00:49 This weeks sponsor - Spaced Ventures 01:40 Hayley Arceneaux 02:30 How Hayley found out she was going to space 04:15 Keeping the secret 05:00 Reaction to space news 05:34 Hayley's journey through fighting cancer 09:00 Does Hayley feel the pressure being an inspiration? 10:34 Thoughts around free health care 12:42 The overview effect - reaction to seeing the 15:10 What was it actually like on Crew Dragon? 17:15 How was sleeping on board? 19:15 Responsibilities on board 20:55 Inspiring the next generation 22:36 Landing at sea 25:06 Hayley's Motivation for writing her book   27:26 What Hayley learnt about herself 29:00 Hayley's plans for the future 30:00 Audio book 31:37 Wrap up and socials Buy "WILD RIDE" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Memoir-Drips-Rocket-ebook/dp/B09S3J4DJT Buy "Wild Ride" on Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712670/wild-ride-by-hayley-arceneaux/?pdivflag# Follow Hayley: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArceneauxHayley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hayleyarc/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/