An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Prepare for the worst - and enjoy every moment of it is the philosophy of astronaut Chris Hadfield. His memoir reveals the graft, glitches and wonders of Space travel.
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in Space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, been confronted by a live snake while piloting a plane, been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft, and became a YouTube sensation with his performance of David Bowie's Space Oddity in space.
The secret to Chris Hadfield's success and survival is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA - prepare for the worst, and enjoy every moment of it.
Read by Garrick Hagon.
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