“I  just floated around and looked at the earth, and I said: ‘My job right now is  just to be a human being, just be a person.’ And you know, I stopped being an  astronaut, there I was, a human being in space…”  — Rusty Schweickart, the first astronaut to  test the moon suit in the vacuum of space. Dialogue at Eight Kilometers per  Second is a collaboration between an astronaut and Dana Yahalomi from Public  Movement. The project unfolded through a series of conversations that took  place during the astronaut’s training, throughout his time aboard the ISS,  and after his return to Earth. The conversations become a performative space  that allowed the astronaut to explore his identity alongside the artist and  highlighted the dissonance between his role as an astronaut and his essence  as a human being. Thus, the project examined the tension between everyday,  intimate human experiences and the controlled, synthetic, and documented  lab-like living spaces of the ISS. The resulting audio artwork invites  listeners to engage with the dilemmas and conflicts arising from these  conversations: Can we bridge the gap between human nature and rapid  technological progress? Can we reconcile the drive to push the boundaries of  what is possible with the risk of losing what makes us human?