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Ready for Launch
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Using ten life-changing moments from his path to space, astronaut Scott Kelly shares his advice for mastering fear and failure and turning our daily struggles into rocket fuel for success—the perfect gift for graduations and other milestone moments!
In this insightful and funny read, Scott Kelly shares how a distracted student with poor grades became a record-breaking astronaut and commander of the International Space Station.
People think that astronauts are always perfect. "Failure's not an option," right? But as Scott shares in his deeply intimate book, he believes that it's our mistakes and challenges that have the potential to lead to greatness. Not everyone's road to achievement is a straight line. Most of us need to navigate a bumpier road full of obstacles to get where we want to be.
Scott’s story is for everyone who believes that shooting for the stars is beyond their reach!
In this insightful and funny read, Scott Kelly shares how a distracted student with poor grades became a record-breaking astronaut and commander of the International Space Station.
People think that astronauts are always perfect. "Failure's not an option," right? But as Scott shares in his deeply intimate book, he believes that it's our mistakes and challenges that have the potential to lead to greatness. Not everyone's road to achievement is a straight line. Most of us need to navigate a bumpier road full of obstacles to get where we want to be.
Scott’s story is for everyone who believes that shooting for the stars is beyond their reach!
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“An astronaut’s account of their life will probably always be one of the most inspiring things to me. I’m glad I read Scott Kelly’s Endurance earlier this year as it went into more detail about his life experiences. While this book was a short read, it definitely had some great insights into his mindset too.
One of the most surprising parts of this book for me was when Kelly talked about the difference in bonuses between astronauts and cosmonauts. So the U.S. astronauts only get an extra $5 per day when they are in space, while Russian cosmonauts can earn between $350 to $700 daily, depending on their experience. However, the base salary of a U.S. astronaut is much higher so they are less reliant on those bonuses to begin with. But what really blew my mind was that cosmonauts’ bonuses are tied to their performance, so every time they make a little mistake, even something as stupid as flipping the wrong switch could literally mean loss from their pay! There’s even a person in Russian Mission Control whose sole job is to track every error and go, “Yep, they fucked this one up!” And when the cosmonauts return to Earth, they have to sit down with this “mistake tracker” and an accountant to argue over each success and each failure to negotiate what their final bonus would be! So the cosmonauts constantly bicker on board in order to avoid accountability of the mistakes. Imagine! Arguing on a high-risk space mission over every single error! Kelly called it “blamesmithing””
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About Scott Kelly
SCOTT KELLY is a NASA astronaut best known for spending a record-breaking year in space. He is a former US Navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and veteran of four spaceflights. Kelly commanded the space shuttle Endeavour in 2007 and twice commanded the International Space Station. He lives in Houston, Texas. You can follow him on Facebook at NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and on Instagram and Twitter at @StationCDRKelly. Visit him at scottkelly.com.
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