UAE space tourist talks about his amazing 10-minute trip

UAE space tourist talks about his amazing 10-minute trip

Hamish Harding says earth looks very beautiful from space and there are no borders visible

Hamish Harding holding up the UAE flag. Photo: Supplied

Published: Sun 5 Jun 2022, 10:46 PM Last updated: Sun 5 Jun 2022, 10:57 PM

UAE expat Hamish Harding fulfilled his childhood dream of travelling to space on Saturday, June 4. Although Harding was spellbound during his out-of-the-world experience, he knows precisely how he feels back on earth. "People ask me to describe the experience in one word, and for me, that is addictive. I am now addicted to space, and I have to go back."

Harding spoke to Khaleej Times from the Airstream trailers at the astronaut village of Blue Origin in West Texas. "The earth looks very very beautiful from space. From up there, the borders are not visible. It is all one big earth. Why do we then spend so much time in unproductive conflicts and petty disputes in the world?"

"It was everything I was hoping for and more," he gushed. "It was the little things that amazed me the most, like how the sky was black. It was a real reminder that there is no atmosphere and that I am in space. We were at 350,000