Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares 'unbeatable point of inspiration' for space exploration


Screengrab from Chris Hadfield music video for his cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."

On PBS NewsHour, science correspondent Miles O'Brien interviews Chris Hadfield, who has brought new popular interest to space exploration with his innovative use of web video, tweets, Facebooked photos, and a creative use of the internet, from space. Miles talks to the retired Canadian astronaut, author of "An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth," about the importance of space exploration.

You can listen to the interviews or read a transcript here; videos are below.

(Disclosure: Miles and I are in a relationship, and I think he's awesome.)