An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
by Chris Hadfield
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“I?m halfway through @Cmdr_Hadfield?s book ?An Astronaut?s Guide to Life on Earth? and it?s wonderful. Go buy it. | I’m halfway through @Cmdr_Hadfield’s book “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” and it’s wonderful. Go buy it.”
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, and Self Improvement.
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'...
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“I?m halfway through @Cmdr_Hadfield?s book ?An Astronaut?s Guide to Life on Earth? and it?s wonderful. Go buy it. | I’m halfway through @Cmdr_Hadfield’s book “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” and it’s wonderful. Go buy it.”
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