"Early Success is a terrible teacher. You are essentially rewarded for a lack of preparation.So when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you don't know how to"
Sweat over the small stuff - this is the underlying theme of Chris Hadfield's biography (not explicitly mentioned) as he chronicles his major life of NASA days and small portion to his pre-NASA days. There are some gems along the way where the author speaks about "Destructiveness of Competitiveness" ,"Aim to be a Zero" and "Climbing down the ladder". The anecdotes are weaved in seamlessly and the usage of jargon is at a minimal. The passion and the childish enthusiasm bounces off you during the key moments in his life - the first day he reported @ NASA, the lift-off to space, the first few days @ ISS et al or whenever he talks about Human Space mission.
The portion of the book from the time of lift-off from Baikonur,Russia in Spacecraft Soyuz, his subsequent stay of 5 months in ISS, and the touchdown in Kazakhstan is so vividly written that it is hard to put down the book. During his stay, the social media was coming off age and the author posted some stunning pictures from the space, and "mundane activities" of Astronaut keeping up with earthly behaviours.
The initial portion of the book is on a lacklustre side, may be because of the absence of "happening" events in Astronaut's life. Part of the reason may be because of long sentences that tends to drift off the readers - otherwise the book by Chris H. rivals in many ways the book by Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture.
Sweat over the small stuff - this is the underlying theme of Chris Hadfield's biography (not explicitly mentioned) as he chronicles his major life of NASA days and small portion to his pre-NASA days. There are some gems along the way where the author speaks about "Destructiveness of Competitiveness" ,"Aim to be a Zero" and "Climbing down the ladder". The anecdotes are weaved in seamlessly and the usage of jargon is at a minimal. The passion and the childish enthusiasm bounces off you during the key moments in his life - the first day he reported @ NASA, the lift-off to space, the first few days @ ISS et al or whenever he talks about Human Space mission.
The portion of the book from the time of lift-off from Baikonur,Russia in Spacecraft Soyuz, his subsequent stay of 5 months in ISS, and the touchdown in Kazakhstan is so vividly written that it is hard to put down the book. During his stay, the social media was coming off age and the author posted some stunning pictures from the space, and "mundane activities" of Astronaut keeping up with earthly behaviours.
The initial portion of the book is on a lacklustre side, may be because of the absence of "happening" events in Astronaut's life. Part of the reason may be because of long sentences that tends to drift off the readers - otherwise the book by Chris H. rivals in many ways the book by Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture.
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