Reporter: Do you think that the, say astronauts that would land on the moon, do you think they would encounter any difficulty in going about and doing what they wanted to and then leaving?
Prabhupāda: The first thing is that according to our knowledge from the Vedic literature they cannot go there.
Reporter: But you admitted that it may be possible for them to go there for a short time and leave.
Prabhupāda: That I am taking this example just like we go for a short time on the sea but we cannot make any permanent settlement there.
Reporter: Yeah. But according to the Vedic literature they cannot go there.
Prabhupāda: Yes. In this body we cannot go there. With this body we cannot go there. We shall have to change this body. Either you do it scientifically or spiritually or by any other method. With this body you cannot go there. You have to prepare a similar body which is suitable for living condition there.
Reporter: Would a spacesuit substitute for that?
Prabhupāda: Space?
Reporter: In other words, the spacesuits that the astronauts wear...
Prabhupāda: I don't think so. I don't think so. Spacesuits are...
Reporter: You see I'm a little confused because I can't tell whether you feel that based on Vedic literature, that you said it may be possible for them to land and to return for a short visit, yet you say they cannot go with this body.
Prabhupāda: Yes. I say also this, that to land there you must have the specific body suitable for that place.
Reporter: To land there you must have...
Prabhupāda: The specific body.
Reporter: I didn't get that.
Hayagrīva: A specific body.
Prabhupāda: Now that specific body, if you are able to make by your modern science, then it may be possible. But you have to change your body to that specific condition. But the spacedress which is now being used, that is not useful.
Reporter: The space uniform, you don't feel that is adequate?
Prabhupāda: Space uniform, that is not adequate.