Astronauts are not thrillseekers at all. They are people who have decided that some things in life are so important that they're worth taking a risk for... Exploring the rest of the universe, understanding how the world works, understanding the fundamental nature of physics, you know, to me that's worth taking a risk for.
I always love listening to Chris Hadfield, I often find his perspective and conversation enlightening (he was on CBCQ).
I was in the room (auditorium) when he was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame, and I will always remember how he intently and intensely stressed that when you look at the Earth from space, there are no borders, but humans everywhere. It resonated deeply with my own beliefs, that this Earth we live on is no one’s property and belong to each and every one of us, and that there is ‘kind’ in humankind; compassion should be the instinctive feeling between all of us.
And I’m very curious to read The Apollo Murders, his debut foray into fiction writing!
