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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What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything Chris Hadfield. Canada LAB1 / C2-03 INTRODUCTION MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THE WINDOWS OF A SPACESHIP casually frame.
What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything Chris Hadfield. Canada LAB1 / C2-03 INTRODUCTION MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THE WINDOWS OF A SPACESHIP casually frame.
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THE WINDOWS OF A SPACESHIP casually frame miracles. Every 92 minutes, another sunrise: a layer cake that starts with orange, then a thick wedge of blue, then the richest, darkest icing decorated with stars. The secret patterns of our ...
THE WINDOWS OF A SPACESHIP casually frame miracles. Every 92 minutes, another sunrise: a layer cake that starts with orange, then a thick wedge of blue, then the richest, darkest icing decorated with stars. The secret patterns of our ...
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Slowly, methodically, a man descended the leg of a spaceship and carefully stepped onto the surface of the Moon. The image was grainy, but I knew exactly what we were seeing: the impossible, made possible. The room erupted in amazement.
Slowly, methodically, a man descended the leg of a spaceship and carefully stepped onto the surface of the Moon. The image was grainy, but I knew exactly what we were seeing: the impossible, made possible. The room erupted in amazement.
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... a huge, external robotic arm for capturing satellites and spaceships, moving supplies and people around and, ... or spacewalk) but two—and I was EV1, lead spacewalker, though I'd never been outside a spaceship in my life.
... a huge, external robotic arm for capturing satellites and spaceships, moving supplies and people around and, ... or spacewalk) but two—and I was EV1, lead spacewalker, though I'd never been outside a spaceship in my life.
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If you get into trouble, you can't just hightail it back inside the spaceship. I practiced spacewalking in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, which is essentially a giant pool at JSC, for years. Literally. My experience both during my first ...
If you get into trouble, you can't just hightail it back inside the spaceship. I practiced spacewalking in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, which is essentially a giant pool at JSC, for years. Literally. My experience both during my first ...
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User Review - LibraryCin - LibraryThingThe title of this book makes it sound – in part – like a kind-of self-help book: “...guide to life on Earth”. But it’s really not. It is primarily a memoir about Chris Hadfield’s life as an astronaut ... Read full review
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User Review - Authentico - LibraryThingIt's just ok. It should just be renamed to 'Chris Hadfield: I Got Lucky' or something like that since the book seems to follow a timeline of the life of Chris. It does talk about his life when he's ... Read full review
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 | |
practicalities and logistics of even more ambitious expeditions | |
Square Astronaut Round Hole | |
COMING DOWN TO EARTH | |
Photos | |
Acknowledgments | |
Reading Group Guide | |
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| Title | An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything |
| Author | Chris Hadfield |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0316253049, 9780316253048 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Leadership Business & Economics / Skills |
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