Col. Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly four thousand hours in space. During this time he has broken into a space station with a Swiss Army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success--and survival--is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: Prepare for the worst--and...

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