David Gilmour Explains Why He Refused The Offer To Go To Space

David Gilmour, the legendary Pink Floyd guitarist, recently shared that he was offered a chance to travel into space but decided to pass on the opportunity.

During a fan interview with The Guardian, Gilmour revealed:

“I have been invited to travel into space, funnily enough. We’d played in Moscow – back when one wasn’t ashamed to – and they asked me if I wanted to go up into space.”

However, after seeing the spacecraft, Gilmour wasn’t too eager.

“I had seen their rockets and capsules in the space museum in Moscow, and I nearly shit myself and said, ‘No, thank you.’ They were rickety and held together with nuts and bolts.”

A Love for Carpentry (and a Concern for His Fingers)

When asked to share something not commonly known about him, Gilmour revealed a surprising hobby—carpentry. He shared:

“I’ve always loved carpentry. I’ve made things out of wood pretty much my whole life, from boot removers to tables, to treehouses, to boathouses.”

But there’s a catch. Gilmour’s love for woodworking doesn’t sit well with his insurers. “The insurance chaps are not overly keen on me doing that in case I chop my fingers off,” he admitted.

Missing Velvet Pants and Memories, Not Guitars

During the same interview, Gilmour also discussed his famous guitar auction from 2019, where he sold many of his instruments for charity. When asked if he missed any of the guitars, he explained:

“What cushions any of that loss is the good that was – and is being – done by the money that was raised by that auction, which went to ClientEarth.”

But there is one thing he does miss—his pink velvet pants.

“I suppose I’d like to have back the red leather jacket that Syd [Barrett] gave me in ’66 or ’67. Also, my pink velvet trousers… They were stolen from the laundromat on Old Brompton Road in 1969 – not that I think I’d fit into them anymore!”