Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen has given Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary his seal of approval more than halfway to the Moon.
Gosling, who stars as Ryland Grace, a middle-school science teacher and former molecular biologist who travels to the Tau Ceti system on a mission to save humanity, had recorded a video in which he sent his best wishes to the four astronauts ahead of their own 10-day mission to outer space.
‘Project Hail Mary’ star Ryan Gosling sends his best wishes to the Artemis II team 🚀 pic.twitter.com/uL4KhEJ5Gk
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Hansen, the first non-U.S. citizen to fly to the Moon, and Gosling are both from the south-western Ontario city of London, in Canada. The crew of Artemis II will, assuming all goes well, travel further from Earth than any human before — more than 250,000 miles.
Hansen was asked on Saturday what message he would give to Gosling, were he asking the questions himself in the live interview.
“That’s super cool,” Hansen began. “We were all really lucky. We got to watch Hail Mary when we were in quarantine. That was a real treat that they sent us a link to view that at home with our families, getting us ready to go on our own space adventure.
“I would just say to Ryan, art imitates science and vice versa, it seems. He did a great job in that movie. It’s wonderful to see people really leaning into those roles. I thought it was just such an inspirational example, and somebody who goes out there and just gets what was done to save humanity. It’s a pretty extraordinary example that we can all follow. We all thought that movie was really uplifting and inspiring.”
