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There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of tenacity and purpose to get that far in life is absolutely reaffirmed and deepened by the experience itself.

~Chris Hadfield

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In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is, 'There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse.'

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Astronaut Bad Built Business Complicated Ever Flying Machine Make Most No Problem Problem Saying Shuttle Vehicle Very Which Worse You

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I watched the first people walk on the moon, and to me, it was just an obvious thing - I want to somehow turn myself into that. But the real question is, how do you deal with the danger of it and the fear that comes from it? How do you deal with fear versus danger?

~Chris Hadfield

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It was remarkable to see from space how predictable people are. Our homes and towns are almost all in places with moderate temperatures, and they generally have the same shape - a thinly occupied outer blob of suburb surrounding a densely populated core, all based around a ready source of water.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Almost Almost All Around Based Core Generally Homes How Moderate Occupied Our Outer People Places Predictable Ready Remarkable Same See Shape Source Space Suburb Surrounding Temperatures Towns Water

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Space is not a good place to mix foods because as soon as you take something out of the package, it becomes a flying object.

~Chris Hadfield

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When we first get to space, we feel sick. Your body is really confused. You're dizzy. Your lunch is floating around in your belly because you're floating. What you see doesn't match what you feel, and you want to throw up.

~Chris Hadfield

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Now, as an astronaut, I have to bring a Sharpie with me everywhere - so I have a pen to sign autographs.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Astronaut Autographs Bring Everywhere Me Now Pen Sign

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Airline food is cooked in an oven and then kept warm. Space station food is often cooked in an oven and then thermo-stabilised, irradiated or dehydrated and then stored for a year or two before you even get to it.

~Chris Hadfield

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No aeroplane you've ever gotten into had less than thousands of flights before they took their first passenger. Because vehicles are unsafe at first.

~Chris Hadfield

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While on the space station, I kept up with news a couple of ways - Mission Control sent daily summaries, and I would scan headlines on Google News when we had an Internet connection, which was about half the time.

~Chris Hadfield

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Astronaut

Born: August 29th, 1959

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