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Offline Laurel

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Documentary: Chris Hadfield & Social Media
« on: April 27, 2013, 07:12:03 PM »
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Offline LunarOrbit

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Re: Documentary: Chris Hadfield & Social Media
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2013, 08:02:30 PM »
I watched it a couple of days ago. :)

He has done a great job of getting people interested in space, and I've gotten a few people to look up as he was flying over.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.
I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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Re: Documentary: Chris Hadfield & Social Media
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2013, 09:12:20 PM »
You can tell it's Canadian.  It refers to the ISS as "bigger than five hockey rinks."
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Re: Documentary: Chris Hadfield & Social Media
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2013, 12:32:01 AM »
He has done a great job of getting people interested in space, ...

Agreed. We should keep him up there permanently.