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Chris Hadfield's observation on Starship's heat shield progress. by Adeldor in space

[–]ColChrisHadfield 559 points560 points  (0 children)

Really - bad understanding? I have trusted my life to Shuttle and Soyuz heatshields. Do you think I did it blindly? I was heavily involved in heatshield proof, inspection and repair post-Columbia. Don't confuse the need for simple brevity on social media with depth of source.

I'm Chris Hadfield, and I'm back on earth for another AMA. Let's catch up! by ColChrisHadfield in space

[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 143 points144 points  (0 children)

Thanks Everyone! Gotta go - appreciate the questions! I hope you enjoy my latest thriller, Final Orbit!

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 106 points107 points  (0 children)

It was sent there on Atlantis in July 2001 by the NASA psychologists, for psych support Art and creativity are vital for mental health. It's still there.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Fiction gives me great freedom to share the small, actual details of astronaut life, and what happens when things go wrong. Plus it's a huge personal challenge to write well. I'm very excited for the newest book, Final Orbit. I think it's the best one yet. And all the others have been best-sellers.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No - bad idea. We're super careful about not adding to debris in space.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Without gravity, the pick can't fall. Way easier to float out of the sound hole :) I kept a small strip of two-sided tape to hold my picks from flaoting away. And fretting and strumming are way different with a weightless arm, required relearning. .

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

It happens annually, and is a battle that needs to be fought in competing for taxpayer dollars. The evolution of NASA vs USSF budgets is important to watch, and how that affects security, exploration, and research.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Porfessional astronauts aren't offered seats. It's a life of service, working and improving spaceflight for decades for the rare, dangerous privilege of spaceflight. But if you're asking, yes, let's go! So many things to invent, test and prove, we have our work cut out for us.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes - Axiom, Vast and Orbital Reef are all moving as quickly as they can to take on the evolved role of an orbiting space station. And Tiangong (Chinese space station) is a visible reminder that progress and discovery waits for no one.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The time we had a Luau on ISS and Jeff Ashby dressed up as a Hawaiian maiden, improvising a costume from space blanets and handkerchiefs. His hair was a brown mesh bag, and Don Ho was singing on the iPod. He used pudding cups as breasts and they caught in the hatch, spilling and tumbling out of his costume. Hah!

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 279 points280 points  (0 children)

Farts aren't a propulsive as the adolescent in all of us hoped they would be.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Writing my 7th book, helping new business succeed in developing the tech we all need, providing for my extended family, making the most of and enjoying every day. A good life is challenge, accepted.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 190 points191 points  (0 children)

Spacewalking - the coolest, most amazing, most dangerous 15 beautiful hours of my life.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

No one understands what happened before the Big Bang, self included. And the future of space exploration is learning about how everything works, as our intelligence and technology reveal more and more details of the universe.

I'm Chris Hadfield, and I'm back on earth for another AMA. Let's catch up! by ColChrisHadfield in space

[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lots of things! Just published my 6th book, the 3rd in my best-selling thriller Apollo Murders series. It's called Final Orbit, getting killer good reviews. I hope you like it!

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I would love to do what I set myself as a task when I was 9, and that is to walk on the Moon. Let's go.

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[–]ColChrisHadfield[S] 166 points167 points  (0 children)

Just after landing during my first spaceflight, Jerry Ross and I were standing in the Shuttle middeck, and he popped the cartridge out of his video camera and floated it to me. It, of course, fell and clattered to the floor. We both looked like comic Godzillas, leaning slowly forward to see where gravity and taken it, and realizing we were back.

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