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Chris Hadfield

(1959) Astronaut

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Chris Hadfield is an astronaut, best known for An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth.

Quick Facts About Chris Hadfield

Born: August 29, 1959
Profession: Astronaut
Notable works: An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth

About Chris Hadfield

Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired Royal Canadian Air Force colonel, test pilot, and CSA astronaut. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Chris Hadfield · Page 6

Remember, nobody changes the world on their own.

Change

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In the Soyuz, the little Russian capsule, you can actually hear the banging of the big shield, the big heat shield on…

Across

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In my experience, fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over what’s about to…

Facts

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I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it's where oil was pretty much discovered in North America.

America

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It's a really big deal to do a spacewalk. It's much riskier than staying indoors. It's complex. It uses up a lot…

Big

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“Fifty percent of the risk of a catastrophic failure during a long-duration space mission occurs in the first 10 minutes after liftoff.”

Failure

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There is no problem so bad that you cannot make it worse

Inspirational

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“And then, suddenly, calm: we reach Mach 25, orbital speed, the engines wind down, and I notice little motes of dust floating…

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One place that I looked at a lot from space and which looks alluring is New Zealand, especially the North Island. It's…

Alluring

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“You can choose to focus on the surprises and pleasures, or the frustrations. And you can choose to appreciate the smallest scraps…

Everyday moments

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As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.

Astronaut

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“The lesson: good leadership means leading the way, not hectoring other people to do things your way.”

Good leader

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Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of…

Cycles

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There's always constantly interesting things to do, and who knows, maybe I will be a good sculptor. I haven't decided what I…

Always

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Imbibe three or four times as much water as you think you need and skip at least one, if not two meals,…

Destination

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Scientific literacy is one of the underpinnings of everything I do. It's why I work with schools. It's why I teach at…

Literacy

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“Astronauts have these qualities not because we’re smarter than everyone else (though let’s face it, you do need a certain amount of…

Changing Your Perspective

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There's really just one thing I can control: my attitude during the journey, which is what keeps me feeling steady and stable,…

Achieve

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“The exercise really had a lot less to do with water survival than with deliberate teamwork.”

Fitness

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Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood

Boyhood

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The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while…

Actual

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If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space…

Airline

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There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of…

Absolutely

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Preparation is not only about managing external risks, but about limiting the likelihood that you'll unwittingly add to them. When you're the…

Add

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I don't want to be treated like I came from another planet or something or was somehow born with some weird birthright…

Am

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