An astronaut's guide to life on Earth

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Chris Hadfield: An astronaut's guide to life on Earth (2014, W F Howes Ltd)

356 pages

English language

Published April 7, 2014 by W F Howes Ltd.

ISBN:
978-1-4712-5990-6
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OCLC Number:
874119245

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4 stars (2 reviews)

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, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft, and become a YouTube sensation with his performance of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in space. In this book, he takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible.

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I enjoyed his Masterclass and couldn't wait to learn more from this book

4 stars

Great autobiography with lots of wit, wisdom, and of course space stuff. I'm a NASA nerd, so no surprise I'd like it, but I was surprised at how much I got out of it. Not too technical or hard to read, with lots of insights as well as insider-info about the space program over time, and how astronauts are trained (and how their families deal, how much preparation's needed--mentally and physically, how opportunity knocks, etc).

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Subjects

  • Anecdotes
  • Astronauts
  • Space flight
  • Conduct of life
  • Large type books

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  • Canada