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One of the most talked about parts of last Friday’s Late Late Toy Show, Adam King, has appeared on RTÉ once again, this time surprised by former astronaut Christ Hadfield.
The 6-year-old from Cork spoke on the Toy Show about his passion for space and his ambition to work on ground control for NASA.
On tonight’s Late Late Show, Adam had the opportunity to speak with retired astronaut Chris Hadfield, who served as the commander of the International Space Station.
They spoke through a video link on the show and discussed Hadfield’s missions to space.
Six-year-old Adam King melted the hearts of the nation when he appeared on the Late Late Toy Show last week.
This week he returned to the air, to ‘talk about space with the former commander of the ISS @Cmdr_Hadfield
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– RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 4, 2020
Speaking with Ryan Tubridy, Hadfield said that Adam caught her attention via social media last week.
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“There was a great response on social media, just for the type of person who [Adam] it is, ”Hadfield said.
“He immediately lit up with ‘hey, Commander Hadfield, do you have to meet this boy?’ so I just replied that I would love to and comment on what kind of person he is, and obviously I wasn’t alone in that.
We need that kind of combination of unstoppable curiosity, but also the willingness to put the work in to back it up, it’s great to see an example like Adam.
On Adam’s dreams of working at Capcom, the communications link between flight control and astronauts in space, Hadfield said it seemed like the kind of environment the 6-year-old “could thrive in” in the future. .
“Perhaps most importantly now, it inspires him in this moment to pursue things that he otherwise would never have felt the freedom to pursue,” he said.
Sure, you will end up doing something excellent with your life… but the process and the inspiration I think is very important and that is part of the reflection that I really like to see as well.
Adam said he had a “great party” coming back to school after his television appearance last week, adding that “they gave me an honor guard.”
Asked by Tubridy “who is the most famous man in Ireland”, Adam laughed and replied “me”.
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