Wasn't his dad that famous astronaut? What's-his-face.

[looks it up]

Yeah, Chris Hadfield was in the Royal Canadian Air Force apparently. Which I suppose gives meaning, in fact probably most famous astronauts, at least in Can-Merica, had military careers before they went to space... And I dunno, I guess this is just a fact that I haven't consciously reflected much on, that a huge number of the people in this profession that I've always respected and even romanticized, would have a background in a profession that I disrespect and would like to see abolished.

But I guess it's my problem for acting like "real" astronauts necessarily must be more clever, wise, and pure-hearted than average people. For CSA and NASA among others, the launch pads would after all be built on stolen land with wealth that came from imperial plundering, and I think that kinda puts an upper limit to how clever, wise, and pure-hearted their astronauts could be.

But anyways yeah, Rare Earth can sometimes be a little interesting or entertaining, but there's just something about the way he talks that bothers me, that feels kind of self-important for lack of a better word. I haven't followed him for years, anyways, though. Sucks to get detained, but that's just how it goes, right?