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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.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: About Bay Big Floating Forward Guitar History Imagine Just Looking Looking Forward Place Playing Pour Really Space Space Station Station Think Through Tremendous Watching Where Window World You

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For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Almost Been Category Command Different Flight Fly Last Live Months New Next Next Year Orbit Previous Rocket Several Ship Six Space Space Station Specifically Station Than Third Training Two Year Years

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And then finally, I'm the commander, so I am fundamentally responsible for the lives of the other people on board and the health and longevity of the space station. I need to bring six people back happy, healthy and feeling like they've had the best six months of their life.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Am Back Best Board Bring Commander Feeling Finally Fundamentally Had Happy Health Healthy Life Like Lives Longevity Months Need Other People Responsible Six Space Space Station Station Then I Am

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Our three big emergencies are fire, loss of pressurization or contaminated atmosphere. Any of those things in a spaceship are very deadly and time critical. Everybody's trained, but I'm the commander of the ship, and it's up to me to decide.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Any Atmosphere Big Commander Critical Deadly Decide Emergencies Everybody Fire Loss Me Our Ship Spaceship Things Those Three Time Trained Up Very

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I've been so lucky to have done two spacewalks. If you looked at your wristwatch, I was outside about 15 hours, which is about 10 times around the world. And, you know, there's a whole time dilation, distortion thing.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: About Around Been Distortion Done Hours Know Looked Lucky Outside Thing Time Times Two Which Whole World You Your

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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 of the precious resources onboard. It uses up oxygen. It uses up carbon dioxide scrubbers.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Big Big Deal Carbon Carbon Dioxide Complex Deal Indoors Lot Much Oxygen Precious Really Resources Staying Than Up Uses

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When I did my spacewalks, it was during space station construction. So the shuttle was docked to the fledgling ISS at the time. So we would always stay tethered.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Always Construction Did Shuttle Space Space Station Station Stay Time Would

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We have never lost a crew member on the space station, but of course, the Columbia accident. I was - I'd already been an astronaut for a decade when the crew of Columbia was killed. And I went through test pilot school. Rick Husband and I were out at Edwards at test pilot school together. He was the commander of Columbia.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Accident Astronaut Been Columbia Commander Course Crew Decade He Husband Lost Member Never Out Pilot Rick School Space Space Station Station Test Through Together Were

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My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Airline Barbados Could Day Decide Families Father Go Like Long Lot More Next Pilot Somewhere Spontaneously Than Thursday Travelled Weekend

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What I like to do when I get to a new place is buy local music early on and listen to it while we're driving around. I think it helps explain and illuminate the culture of where you are if local music is playing.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Around Buy Culture Driving Early Explain Get Helps Illuminate Like Listen Local Music New New Place Place Playing Think Where While You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Astronaut

Born: August 29th, 1959

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