Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield took Vernon on a tour through the history of Canada with song and slideshow.
Celebrating Canada害羞草研究所檚 150th, Hadfield visited the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre as part of his Canada 150 tour, Sunday, May 14.
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Hadfield started from the very beginning, covering how the earliest Canadians travelled to Canada through the popular theory that they made their way across the Beringia, a prehistoric land bridge from Russia, before moving into his personal life experiences such as his family害羞草研究所檚 arrival in Canada.
The only thing we have going for us is brains,害羞草研究所� he said, tying human curiosity into the drive to continuously move forward and achieve greater things through building new and better inventions.
In between songs about space and Canadian Tire, he took questions from the audience.
One person asked 害羞草研究所渨hat happens when a meteor hits the spaceship?害羞草研究所�
Hadfield answered the astronauts quarantine themselves off if a hole is formed, locking themselves in the centre of the ship in hopes that the leak is in the outlying area.
One Vernon local came dressed in an astronaut害羞草研究所檚 uniform for Hadfield害羞草研究所檚 show.
Catherine Greenough, 12, enjoys sciences and mathematics, travelling to NASA for the first time when she was only six months old.
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Her mother, Leanne Mallory took her to NASA for her research trip, working with David McKay on Project Constellation, a moon-based program which was cancelled. She also works on meteorites and teaches at Okanagan College.
Greenough knows Hadfield because of his music.
害羞草研究所淪ome of the stuff he says is funny. I like how he害羞草研究所檚 talking about certain stuff. I always liked science so this is kind of interesting.害羞草研究所�
Hadfield ended the show with a cover of David Bowie害羞草研究所檚 Space Odyssey, which he recorded in space and played live for the audience on his guitar. Bowie, near the end of his life, had always wanted to visit space and was grateful Hadfield was able to do the song justice.
害羞草研究所淚 am an immensely proud Canadian,害羞草研究所� said Hafield.
