Astronaut Exposes 'Enormous Lie' About Earth After Spending 178 Days in Space

Former NASA Astronaut, Ron Garan, returned to Earth after spending 178 days in space—with a changed worldview.

Knewz.com has learned that Garan now believes that the answer to many issues afflicting the planet may be solved if more humans were to experience what scientists call the “overview effect”.

Garan who traveled more than 71 million miles in a total of 2,842 orbits realized that the Earth is more fragile than he initially thought.

“When I looked out the window of the International Space Station , I saw the paparazzi-like flashes of lightning storms, I saw dancing curtains of auroras that seemed so close it was as if we could reach out and touch them.”

“And I saw the unbelievable thinness of our planet's atmosphere. In that moment, I was hit with the sobering realization that that paper-thin layer keeps every living thing on our planet alive.”

“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life,” the former Air Force test pilot continued to say.

“I didn't see the economy. But since our human-made systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”

His newfound perspective has led him to believe that humanity needs to take another look at its priorities.

“We need to move from thinking economy , society, planet to planet , society, economy. That's when we're going to continue our evolutionary process.”

He goes on to say that the world is paying a “high price” for humanity’s tainted perspective—and this can be seen through the world’s failure to fix its problems.

“We're not going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality,” Garan noted in a video posted to Big Think .

Notably, Garan is not the only person to experience this change of perspective. William Shatner, best known for his role as James T. Kirk in the illustrious Star Trek series noted after he visited space:

“It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.”

“The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness.”

“Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna … things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind.”

Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon was faced with the “overview effect” too. he said :

“There was a startling recognition that the nature of the universe was not as I had been taught… I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it.… I was overwhelmed with the sensation of physically and mentally extending out into the cosmos.”

“I realized that this was a biological response of my brain attempting to reorganize and give meaning to information about the wonderful and awesome processes that I was privileged to view.”