An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for AnythingTravel to space and back with astronaut Chris Hadfield's "enthralling" bestseller as your eye-opening guide (Slate). Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst- and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement — and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth — especially your own. "Hadfield proves himself to be not only a fierce explorer of the universe, but also a deeply thoughtful explorer of the human condition." —Maria Popova, Brain Pickings |
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... months before graduation , I did something that likely influenced the course of my life more than anything else I've done . I got married . Helene and I had been dating since high school , and she'd already graduated from university and ...
... months before graduation , I did something that likely influenced the course of my life more than anything else I've done . I got married . Helene and I had been dating since high school , and she'd already graduated from university and ...
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... months old, she discovered she was pregnant again. At the time, it felt to both of us less like a happy accident than the last straw. I looked around, trying to picture what life would be like for us at 45, and thought it would be ...
... months old, she discovered she was pregnant again. At the time, it felt to both of us less like a happy accident than the last straw. I looked around, trying to picture what life would be like for us at 45, and thought it would be ...
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... months old - there was some sort of high - level dispute between the Canadian and French governments . France gave my slot away to a pilot from another country . To say it was a big disappointment personally and a major setback ...
... months old - there was some sort of high - level dispute between the Canadian and French governments . France gave my slot away to a pilot from another country . To say it was a big disappointment personally and a major setback ...
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... months later, I was selected to go to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) at Edwards Air Force Base, and our year there changed everything. It started out perfectly: we headed to sunny Southern California in December, just as ...
... months later, I was selected to go to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) at Edwards Air Force Base, and our year there changed everything. It started out perfectly: we headed to sunny Southern California in December, just as ...
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... month later , I got a phone call from the career manager : " I've got a great idea . How about I send you straight to Pax River ? " It probably didn't hurt my case that I was the top graduate that year at TPS and had led the team whose ...
... month later , I got a phone call from the career manager : " I've got a great idea . How about I send you straight to Pax River ? " It probably didn't hurt my case that I was the top graduate that year at TPS and had led the team whose ...
Contents
Have an Attitude | |
The Power of Negative Thinking | |
Sweat the Small Stuff | |
The Last People in the World | |
Whats the Next Thing That Could Kill | |
Tranquility Base Kazakhstan | |
Aim to Be a Zero | |
Life off Earth | |
Square Astronaut Round Hole | |
COMING DOWN TO EARTH | |
no force pulling sweat downward it just accumulates on your | |
Photos | |
Acknowledgments | |
Reading Group Guide | |
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