The 80+ Chris Hadfield Quotes

The Rough And Ready Improvisational Quality To Life On Board The International Space Station Is Reminiscent Of A Long Trip In A Sailboat: Privacy And Fresh Produce Are In Short Supply, Hygiene Is Basic, And A Fair Amount Of The Crew's Time Is Spent Just On Maintaining And Repairing The Craft.

It's Like Being A Newborn, This Sudden Sensory Overload Of Noise, Color, Smells And Gravity After Months Of Quietly Floating, Encased In Relative Calm And Isolation. No Wonder Babies Cry In Protest When They're Born.

We Are Not Machines Exploring The Universe, We Are People.

I've Been Lucky Enough To Fly To Space Twice.

I'm Really Looking Forward To It, If You Can Imagine Floating Weightless, Watching The World Pour By Through The Big Bay Window Of The Space Station Playing A Guitar; Just A Tremendous Place To Think About Where We Are In History.

Do Your Homework In Advance About The Actual Travel Details So Transportation Issues Do Not Define Your Holiday.

Imbibe Three Or Four Times As Much Water As You Think You Need And Skip At Least One, If Not Two Meals, When You Are Travelling. You Should Arrive At Your Destination Feeling Slightly Hungry And Your Digestive System Reset.

The Bahamas Are Gorgeous. The Deep Trench In The Ocean Floor Called The Tongue Of The Ocean, Which Comes Between The Islands, Is The Most Beautiful Deep Indigo Colour.

My Favourite City Is Moscow, Because Of Its History, Which I Find Fascinating. As I Learned To Speak Russian, It Made It Even More Interesting.

From Space, The Bahamas Is The Most Beautiful Place On Earth.

If You Haven't Learned To Ride A Bike By The Time Your Peer Group Has, Then Suddenly It's An Embarrassment And You'll Avoid Opportunities Where You're Expected To Ride A Bike. And Then It Starts Shaping Your Behaviour. Reading Is Much Subtler, But Much More Destructive If You Have Not - For Whatever Reason - Learned To Read By The Time You Should.

In All Of The Movie Portrayals, A Spacewalking Suit Seems Sort Of Insignificant, Like A Pair Of Shorts And A T-shirt. No One Thinks Much About It. But It's A Spaceship, Not A Spacesuit, An Entire Life-support Mechanism That's Incredibly Complex And Cumbersome. It's Very Difficult To Put On And Off. You Have To Run It The Whole Time You Are Wearing It, And It Redefines How You Move. It's Like If You Put On A Wetsuit And A Snowmobile Suit And Froze Yourself Solid And Then Tried To Go And Do Work.