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Wasn't it tho?
I can't imagine what he's going to do next, but I am sure it'll be amazing.

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Doesn't he actually come home today?

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Funny you should state that Clay because I was thinking the same thing about you
You're one of the honorably rare breed (teachers) who gets to point young one's in the same direction as Mr. Hadfield's dreams. To me that's amazing as well.

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America ... explain how you are NOT Racist, you'll except tyranny from a white man, but you won't take health care from a black man.
... Foolish, foolish foolish!!!.

Thanks, Mark. If I can produce just one superstar/asronaut as a teacher I'll be doing pretty good lol!

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Live coverage of his return now...

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

I'm afraid I don't understand Russian.

ETA about 51 minutes.

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I just watched the last half hour of that. Cool!

Looks like a safe arrival

Andy Scott

http://gizmodo.com/how-chris-hadfield-made-us-care-about-astronauts-again-504479419

Chris Hadfield is quite an inspiration. Obviously he comes from a talented family!

Hi guys,

Sorry I didn't get on this earlier -- a bit distracted.

Huge, gigantic, overwhelming sigh of relief yesterday. An absolutely overpowering catharsis.

You know, for pilots, it's always easier to fly a difficult airplane yourself than to watch a loved one fly it.

Anyway, yes, it's a wonderful video. And it's not the only music he was making while in space.

Here's the first song ever recorded from space, the first actual planned song recording, by anyone, ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YufsbE4-jmY

Dave

No question about it, Chris is one of the finest astronauts ever for bringing us along for the ride. Thanks for posting, Muddy!

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

Dave, when will you get to see Chris again?
That will be a great reunion!!

Andy Scott

I spoke to Chris yesterday. He's in fine sprits. He's only now coming to understand the impact he had on people.

The one-way valves in his legs that control blood flow up and down are not yet working again with full efficiency. He has to be careful when he bends over, or stands up. His tailbone hurts from not being sat upon for 5 months. His back is a bit sore. Standard stuff for long-duration astronauts.

When we spoke he was out walking the dogs, so his recovery is well along.

But he now realizes all doors are open to him.

A few years ago a mutual childhood friend came up with a name for Chris: "The Great Communicator". I think he nailed it.

Dave

Indeed.

You will have seen this of course, but for those who haven't, one of the nicer and more thoughtful articles about Chris was in Time magazine a few days ago.

http://science.time.com/2013/05/19/less ... -hadfield/

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I think NASA should put him in charge of PR with a healthy budget and total autonomy. Bet it'd prove the wisest money they've spent in a good many years.

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

Outta this world!



He did a great job.

Wonder how the manage to smuggle that guitar up there. I bet some wide eyes on his request.
(sure its not heavy, but every oz counts.)

Dave, send my... our(!!) regards!

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Do-17z fact and history site, setting it straight.
There is something deeply wrong with a society more offended by breasts than by entrails.

The guitar has been knocking around on the ISS for a while. Chris tells the story here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMCrkdee8s

As you might imagine, the guitar maker has announced a special-edition production run of this custom model.

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