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<p class="intro"><span style="font-weight:400;">Friday, May 1, is <a
href="https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-space-day-first-friday-in-may/">National
Space Day</a> in the US, a day dedicated to extraordinary achievements
in the exploration of space. To mark the day, we’re sharing
isolation advice from three-time space explorer and astronaut <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/">Chris Hadfield</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Chris Hadfield was the first
Canadian to walk in space — a big leap from growing up on a corn farm
in Ontario. Enrolling in the air cadets, he worked his way up through
the Royal Canadian Air Force, becoming an experimental test pilot and
flying over 70 types of aircraft. In 1995, he rode his first rocket.
</span><span style="font-weight:400;">He flew again in 2001,
installing <a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/canadarm2/about.asp">Canadarm2,</a>
a 17-meter robotic arm attached to the International Space Station. He
served as NASA’s Chief of Robotics in Houston, and Director of
Operations for NASA's operation in Russia, before eventually going on
to pilot a Russian Soyuz and become the first Canadian commander of
the Space Station. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Chris is now an <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/books/">author</a>, <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/speaking/">speaker</a>, <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/music/">musician</a>, <a
href="https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration">educator</a>,
and star of his video series<em> <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/videos/">An Astronaut’s Guide</a>
</em>— sharing all his current work on his WordPress site, <em><a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/">chrishadfield.ca</a></em>. His latest
video reflects on the current COVID-19 pandemic, giving <em><a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/videos/an-astronauts-guide-to-self-isolation/">An
Astronaut’s Guide to Self-Isolation.</a> </em>As Chris explains,
he has “spent a little time in self-isolation onboard a
spaceship” and managed to thrive far from his normal life, in a
dangerous situation, by thinking about four key things.</span></p>
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<h3><strong>One: Know the risks</strong></h3>
<blockquote>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Understand the actual risk. Don't just
be afraid of things. Go to a credible source and find out what is
truly the risk that you’re facing right now — you, your family,
your friends, the people that you care about. </span></p>
</blockquote>
<figure id="attachment_41721"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-41721" style="width:685px;"
class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-41721"
src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/image-2020-04-27-at-3.01.26-pm.png"
alt="" width="685" height="375" /><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-41721" class="wp-caption-text">Berlin Night
(from space), chrishadfield.ca</figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>Two: Choose goals</strong></h3>
<blockquote>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">What are you trying to accomplish? What
are your objectives? What's your mission for right now? Make that
clear — for this afternoon, for this week, for the next month. What do
you want to get done?</span></p>
</blockquote>
<figure id="attachment_41723"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-41723" style="width:685px;"
class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-41723"
src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/image-2020-04-27-at-3.03.43-pm.png"
alt="" width="685" height="411" /><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-41723" class="wp-caption-text">Ethiopian Lake
(from space), chrishadfield.ca</figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>Three: Constraints</strong></h3>
<blockquote>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Then look at your constraints.
Who’s telling you what you need to do? What financial resources
do you have? What are your obligations?</span></p>
</blockquote>
<figure id="attachment_41725"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-41725" style="width:685px;"
class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-41725"
src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/image-2020-04-27-at-3.06.23-pm.png"
alt="" width="685" height="398" /><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-41725" class="wp-caption-text">Golden Gate
Bridge (from space), chrishadfield.ca</figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>Four: Take action </strong></h3>
<blockquote>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">Once you understand the risk, and your
mission, your sense of purpose, and your obligations, then, take
action. Start doing things. They don't have to be the things that you
used to do before. Take care of family, start a new project, learn to
play guitar, study another language, read a book, write, create. It'a
chance to do something different, that you have maybe not done before.
Then repeat! </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">. . . There has never been a better
time to self-isolate. So many people have access to the internet, you
have the entire written work of everything — all the body of knowledge
right there at your fingertips.</span></p>
</blockquote>
<figure id="attachment_41727"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-41727" style="width:685px;"
class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-41727"
src="https://discover.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/image-2020-04-27-at-3.07.54-pm.png"
alt="" width="685" height="365" /><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-41727" class="wp-caption-text">The Bahamas
(from space), chrishadfield.ca</figcaption></figure>
<blockquote>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">So take care of yourself, take care of
your family, take care of your friends, take care of your spaceship,
and I wish everybody, “happy landing.”</span></p>
</blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Watch the full video at<em> <a
href="https://chrishadfield.ca/videos/an-astronauts-guide-to-self-isolation/">chrishadfield.ca</a></em>.</strong></p>
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