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I’m afraid of a nice variety of things: Sharks. Going too fast on skis. Vomiting in public. You know, the usual.
That’s why I enjoyed hearing from this astronaut, Chris Hadfield, about the difference between danger and fear, and some strategies for changing your brain’s habitual reaction to your habitual fears. It might involve walking through a hundred spider webs, or in my case, pointing my skis downhill a little more often instead of defaulting to the snowplow. I don’t know what to say about the vomiting fear, since I don’t plan on doing it in public more often just to reassure myself it’s okay. Because I’m pretty sure it’s not.
Anyway, here’s a fascinating talk by Astronaut Hadfield that includes some beautiful images of space and earth and a very relaxing tune at the end. And in between, some very solid ideas about becoming braver. Enjoy!
I'm not old enough to remember the first time a man walked on the moon or any of the suspense, excitement and sometimes unfortunate tragedy that came along with it.
Moon Shot by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton with Jay Barbree is a wonderful book that gives the reader the whole story from start to finish. From the flights themselves, historical moments and tonnes of background information. It includes:
- The rigorous selection process in 1959
- tense hours and problems that doomed Apollo 1
- practical and political reasons behind Apollo 8
- a look at the Apollo 11 mission
- Armstrong's and Aldrin's historic walk on July 20, 1969
- the incredible efforts made to return Apollo 13
- Slayton's 16 year wait to finally get to the moon
I found
Moon Shot to be absolutely fascinating and an exciting read! It's vivid details of the moon and the earth from space made me feel like I was there with the astronauts. I never knew a lot about the space program and the fellows involved, but after reading
Moon Shot I feel like I now have an idea of the bravery, determination and out and out courage it would take to fly to the moon. This book is a must read! Even your kids will find it utterly fascinating!
Moon Shot is available on
Amazon 
