Of course, Hadfield goes into some detail in describing what life is like in space, especially in the International Space Station. There was a lot of explanation of the crafts and procedures they do while on board, but it was actually fascinating rather than laborious to read about. Anticipating problems and figuring out how to solve them is actually the opposite of worrying: it’s productive. S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991, Hadfield was selected by the Canadian Space Agency to be an astronaut in 1992.

Chris Hadfield loves his life, check him out on YouTube if you are unsure, and I found his book to be fascinating, informative and thought provoking. After about two and a half hours it’s time: they turn the ship tail-first and set up for deorbit burn.But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own. So how do you take a group of hyper-competitive people and get them to hyper-cooperate, to the point where they seek opportunities to help one another shine? Sure it's cool and stuff that he's an astronaut but at the end of the day it's just a job and your paid to do it. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth -- especially your own.

Very quickly, though, the warmth of unity morphs to the sourness of resentment which makes hardships seem even more intolerable and doesn’t help get the job done. This wasn't the autobiography I expected, but the details on NASA are fascinating, and it is inspiring to listen to someone who aimed for the sky and made it.On our way home we jettison the other two: the service module, which houses the instruments and engines, and the orbital module, which provides additional living space once we are on orbit. Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. NASA looks for a certain type of person, someone who plays well with others, and who can be locked in a tin can for six months and excel, so temperament alone could disqualify you for space flight.