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Cmdr Chris Hadfield

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Hoppy
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In a little over an hour, Chris Hadfield, along with Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn are about to disembark the Space Station after 146 days in space.

Don't know if you've been following his Tweets, but hes been posting some awesome photos over his time up there. This was his final one, a new day dawning.
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Huge respect to him, hes such a badass dude.
May 13 2013 4:46PM
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saskskier
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He just seems like a genuinely nice dude. His twitter is phenomenal. So many amazing pictures.
May 13 2013 5:07PM
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corona
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and he can sing!







Very proud of him. Next to Armstrong and maybe Aldrin he's probably the most known astronaut now. He really is inspiring a whole new generation.
May 13 2013 5:17PM
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DrZoidberg
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I think you can watch them undock and do the deorbit burn live. It says undocking at 7:08 and deorbit at 9:37, eastern time.
May 13 2013 5:34PM
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GayWolf420
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My dads best friend from HS Andy Fuestal did repairs on the ISS a year or two ago. But yeah those dudes are the shit. Huge props to them.
May 13 2013 5:38PM
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fujarome
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Definitely the most well known modern astronaut. Did wonderful things to publicize the ISS. loved seeing his pictures on twitter.
hopefully another astronaut can step up and dominate social media like he has. The space program needs it
May 13 2013 5:50PM
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Steezy_P
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May 13 2013 6:08PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Yeah I'm truly jealous he is Canadian. He is a righteous dude. I'd love to be an astronaut.
May 13 2013 6:13PM
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whoa-dere
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when you jizz in space the cum's gotta be everywhere. imagine that
May 13 2013 6:22PM
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CashmereCat
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That'd be so suck to go to space, coming back must be so depressing
May 13 2013 7:14PM
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ElMexicano
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with that attitude yeah,
fuck you
grow up
change your mindset

That'd be so suck to live, dying must be so depressing.
That'd be so suck to ski, walking must be so depressing.

Enjoy the shit you do as you do it.
May 13 2013 10:02PM
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saskskier
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I love this picture. Apparently jets don't fly that high....

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May 13 2013 10:20PM
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Anathema
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he's a pretty good dude too. i had the pleasure of meeting him when my father worked at the canadian space agency years ago. he was a part of a project that had something to do with flight simulators for the astronauts of which my dad had a chance to train guys like bob thirsk and chris hadfield (claim) so i've met a lot of them and even played with that simulator too (double claim)

moral of the story, these kind of things are a little extra special for me because of the personal connection to it, and i've been to a few of the shuttle launches too. it's really cool stuff. space is fucking epic.
May 13 2013 10:24PM
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yuck
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i feel like it would be one way to permanently change your perspective of life, and I think it would be for the good. seeing earth from space for 5 months would kinda make you realize that the little things that bother you every day are nothing, ya know?
May 13 2013 10:26PM
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corona
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I was friends with Bob Thirsk's son in elementary school and he came in a few times to talk to the class about space and stuff. was really cool.
May 13 2013 10:27PM
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fujarome
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glad they made it back with no problems.

I'm actually quite sad about his coming back. I really enjoyed checking out his tweets. Loved seeing his pictures from across the planet...all in the course of a few hours.

Really hoping some new astronaut can absolutely kill it on twitter like Hadfield. Making spaceflight information that little bit more accessible can make a huge difference.
May 14 2013 1:50AM
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1337
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fantastic photographer, going to miss seeing his photos on tumblr!
May 14 2013 1:52AM
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fujarome
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when you think about it, it becomes even crazier. We have astronauts live tweeting about living in space, and a car sized robot tweeting pictures of mars.
May 14 2013 2:00AM
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1337
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The internet is a wonderful thing, all those amazing images being shared to millions of people that 20 years ago barely saw circulation.
May 14 2013 2:02AM
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doyle.
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I would love to be an astronaut. Imagine what it would be like getting a hair cut, your hair would go every where
May 14 2013 3:11AM
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Steezy_P
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As Felix Baumgartner said, "Sometimes you have to be really high to see how small you really are" pretty much sums it up. He said that just as he was falling off of his capsule, pretty crazy.

Space is absolutely fascinating, and I would love everything about being an astronaut if it didn't require piloting!
May 14 2013 4:06PM
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NinetyFour
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Super awesome of him to take the time to use social media as much as he did. Everything he posted was awesome.
May 14 2013 4:08PM
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tripnip
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Deffinatly an inspiration. What a wonderful guy
May 14 2013 5:14PM
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Bumblesteeze
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Saw a funny Toronto Maple Leafs fan's facebook status :
"Go back to space Hadfield. It's all your fault."

Thought it was hilarious
May 14 2013 5:18PM
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Peter.
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space is nuts, sad to see nasa losing funding and all that
May 14 2013 5:23PM
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Peter.
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http://techland.time.com/2013/05/14/10-cool-things-chris-hadfield-taught-us-to-do-while-in-space/
May 14 2013 6:13PM
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LoathesRaisins
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http://www.damnlol.com/i/26408361ee415e58dccaa27f12659028.jpg

Also, how do you get rid of the link so it will embed?
May 16 2013 1:19AM
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fujarome
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even after return he's still a fascinating account to follow. Posting about the return to Earth and gravity etc is really interesting.

It must be mindblowing to get out of the capsule on Earth and look up at the sky. Like a "holy shit...I just came from up there"


Also says he has a few thousand more pictures from space to share! Best Canadian ever
May 16 2013 1:31AM
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1337
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I needed to post this gif somewhere, this thread is somewhat fitting

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May 16 2013 1:57AM
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CashmereCat
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It was autocorrect. *sick. Butthurt?
May 18 2013 7:13PM
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freestyler540
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Chris Hadfield is an amazing man. His goal is to promote science and technology to explore our surroundings.

Its hilarious that the conservative government cut funding to the Canadian Space agency become it does not bring it enough money.
May 18 2013 7:18PM
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scrambledeggs
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