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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Hadfield, Chris is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth about?
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, 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's success - and survival - is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst - and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement - and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gra
Who reads An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hadfield, Chris
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781447257127
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (87 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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