LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says everyone would benefit from seeing the world through the eyes of astronauts who are aboard the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
During his first news conference since arriving at the giant orbiting space lab three weeks ago, the 53-year-old space veteran was asked about the conflict in Syria. <\/p>\n
He responded that it was hard to reconcile the beauty of the world as seen from space with the terrible things that people do to each other. <\/p>\n
Hadfield earlier tweeted a picture of the Middle Eastern country to his followers a number that had reached more than 160,000 on Thursday. <\/p>\n
When the prolific tweeter blasted into space on Dec. 19, he had only 20,000 followers on Twitter. <\/p>\n
The native of Sarnia, Ont., is making this third space flight after two earlier missions. <\/p>\n
His first space trip was in November 1995 when he visited the Russian Space Station Mir. His second voyage was a visit to the International Space Station in April 2001, when he also performed two space walks. <\/p>\n
He adds that there's a big difference between brief space visits and living in space and that's not having to rush everything this time around. <\/p>\n
Hadfield is currently on a five-month visit and will become the first Canadian to take command of the space station in mid-March. <\/p>\n
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