An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything 9780345812728, 9780316253017, 0345812727

Hadfield takes readers into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. He

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
 9780345812728, 9780316253017, 0345812727

Table of contents :
Introduction: Mission impossible --
Pre-launch. The trip takes a lifetime
Have an attitude
The power of negative thinking
Sweat the small stuff
The last people in the world
What's the next thing that could kill me? --
Liftoff. Tranquility Base, Kazakhstan
How to get blasted (and feel good the next day)
Aim to be a zero
Life off Earth
Square astronaut, round hole --
Coming down to Earth. Soft landings
Climbing down the ladder.

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