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Chris Hadfield quotes

Canadian Astronaut August 29, 1959

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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
It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride. Chris Hadfield
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
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
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
Chris Hadfield quote: "And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in..."
And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian. Chris Hadfield
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield quote: "I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice."
I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice. Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield quote: "I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it..."
I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride. Chris Hadfield
Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician. Chris Hadfield

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