Chris Hadfield : (5)

" It was remarkable to see from space how predictable people are. Our homes and towns are almost all in places with moderate temperatures, and they generally have the same shape – a thinly occupied outer blob of suburb surrounding a densely populated core, all based around a ready source of water. " - Chris Hadfield

" You can get claustrophobia and agoraphobia – a fear of wide, open spaces – simultaneously on a spacewalk. " - Chris Hadfield

" While on the space station, I kept up with news a couple of ways – Mission Control sent daily summaries, and I would scan headlines on Google News when we had an Internet connection, which was about half the time. " - Chris Hadfield

" I’ve had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride. " - Chris Hadfield

" I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it’s where oil was pretty much discovered in North America. " - Chris Hadfield