One of my all-time heroes Chris Hadfield talks about options and poses the question, “What is the most scary thing you’ve ever done?” Dealing with fear vs. danger, seeing the world in a way that is impossible through any other means. The jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the self-propelled art gallery that is our world. He’s so lyrical yet factual about “the astronaut business”. He tells us how space walking puts everything into perspective as you hold on with one hand and watch the mesmerizing sights around you in the textured blackness of space. Going blind in first one eye and then the other…all while suspended in the great nothingness. Commander Hadfield’s presentation reminds us about what really counts – being in the grip of something…

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