![]() And that's what makes it special, I think. It follows Chris Hadfield's career as an astronaut, but you can tell that if he never made that particular goal - if instead he stayed on as a skiing instructor, or became an airline pilot, or Something Else Entirely - he would have still written the same kind of book. So, really, this is a book about life in general. Hadfield is definitely leaning heavily towards the inspiring part, and does so with admirable grace and aplomb. or it will make you feel infinitely inspired, like you can live more and do more just be more in general, and it will serve as fuel to your rocket, to use a hackneyed analogy.īeing what I think of as a jaded sort of optimist, I'm somewhere in-between.īut Col. 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.ĭepending on your outlook on things, this book will either make you feel like you have lived a vastly underwhelming and underachieving sort of life, full of these lost opportunities, these missed chances. ![]() 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. 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. 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. ![]() Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. ![]() Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst- and enjoy every moment of it. 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. Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. ![]()
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