Cornelius A. Tobias

Just like the shamans did with caves, they blocked out all other distractions and were able to catch and absorb the proper radiation to have these visions.

And in a segment that I like to call Scientists with Huge Balls, we have the Hungarian expert on space biology at Berkeley named Cornelius A. Tobias.

He predicted that this cosmic radiation would interrupt the vision of astronauts no matter how well shielded their vessels were.

Not to be confused with the ones being filmed here on Earth, you know, to pocket funding money.

He decided to expose himself to subatomic particles produced by UC Berkeley's particle accelerator, which has been described as a veritable cosmic ray factory.

Part of its function is to rip away electrons from heavy elements, including iron, and then focus the nuclei into a beam of particles, which are then accelerated to virtually the speed of light, like the jets produced by neutron stars.

Tobias quite literally stuck his head in the flow of particles and observed something almost unique on Earth.

Quote, "It is an exhilarating sensation.