that s what you re dealing with, big, bulky gloves. those are some of the things, the suit, the tools are different, things float around. you have to constantly check your suit and make sure that s all good. that makes it more challenging. but it s also a lot of fun. fun for you guys, scary for us. yes. the japanese sumatastronaut controlling this arm. we see one of the astronauts tethered to it? he s moving the arm around. they may be putting it in position for mike to get in. what happens is you always have a safety heather on. one of the guys will have a safety tether attached to the space station and the astronaut in this case, mike hopkins, who willing on the robot arm will hook his safety tether on to the robot arm and he ll hop in. a lot of trust there.
every single one i m risking my life. it s important i stay extremely focused and never get to the point of complacency. reporter: as his hometown crowd held its breath, an ems crew was on hand, just in case. he made his way across a wire no wider than a nickel. at one point, even taking a knee and blowing kisses to the crowd. while supervised by his father and circus workers below. that wire is his lifeline. no net, no safety tether. just balance and nerves protecting him from a 10-mile-an-hour gust of wind and the laws of gravity. and don t think for a second he wasn t keenly aware of it. are they dancing down there or what? that s crazy. yeah, they are. hold on. easy for you to say, hold on. i m up here. reporter: despite all that, he made it look easy, finishing
same. they re all just as serious as the last. every single one i m risking my life. it s pornimportant i stay extre focused. reporter: as his hometown crowd held its breath, an ems crew was on hand, just in case. he made his way across a wire no wider than a nickel. at one point, even taking a knee and blowing kisses to the crowd. while supervised by his father and circus workers below. that wire is his lifeline. no net, no safety tether. just balance and nerves protecting him from a 10-mile-an-hour gust of wind and the laws of gravity. and don t think for a second he wasn t keenly aware of it. are they dancing down there or what? that s crazy. yeah, they are. hold on. easy for you to say, hold on. i m up here.