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The book by Chris Hadfield was mentioned in the context of NASA's culture and how, unlike in movies, they meticulously plan for every possible scenario, leading to their exceptional success in space.
Reading Commander Chris Hadfield's book about NASA being, you know, in movies something goes beep and an astronaut in the movie goes, what's that? And that would never happen at NASA because they've g...
— Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 1)
Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 1)
The book by Chris Hadfield was mentioned in the context of NASA's culture and how, unlike in movies, they meticulously plan for every possible scenario, leading to their exceptional success in space.
Reading Commander Chris Hadfield's book about NASA being, you know, in movies something goes beep and an astronaut in the movie goes, what's that? And that would never happen at NASA because they've gone over every beep that could ever happen.
Episode: MythBusters (Part 1)
The discussion touched on the importance of failure as a learning experience and how NASA has a culture of anticipating every possible problem, which was contrasted with a more typical American culture of blaming individuals for failure. It was contrasted to the perspective described in Chris Hadfield's book.
Reading Commander Chris Hadfield's book about NASA being, you know, in movies something goes beep and an astronaut in the movie goes, what's that? And that would never happen at NASA because they've gone over every beep that could ever happen.
Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 1)
It was mentioned in relation to how NASA's culture differs from movies, specifically that NASA considers and plans for every possible scenario, in contrast to movies where astronauts are often surprised by unexpected beeps.
Reading Commander Chris Hadfield's book about NASA being, you know, in movies something goes beep and an astronaut in the movie goes, what's that? And that would never happen at NASA because they've gone over every beep that could ever happen.
They've gone over every worst case scenario they could do and that's what makes them so good at what they do when they actually get out into space and that kind of culture is a brilliant way to do problem in America.
