I have been following Chris Hadfield on twitter for some time, enjoying his photos, comments and videos, but I have to say that when I woke up this morning and watched his Space Oddity video, I found myself tearing up (sniff, sniff). The beauty of space and the perpsective it provides to us as humanity is breathtaking. Chris has made this accessible to so many of us earthlings and gotten a new generation of young people fascinated with science and space.
As my son said to me yesterday, isn't it strange that we are wistful that Chris will not be sending messages from space anymore and that we feel that he is going 'away', when in fact he is coming back home to earth.
I will be watching the splashdown tonight and hope Chris and his two fellow cosmonauts a safe journey. And may those who remain in the ISS have an uneventful yet productive stay.
