One of the foundational pearls of wisdom that authors often offer fledgling writers is that success in penning fiction has more to do with perspiration than inspiration.

In other words, you have to put in the hours and not wait for a muse to deliver. It’s sound advice, but it’s interesting to ponder how it may apply to someone as ridiculously busy as Chris Hadfield.

On the line with Postmedia to promote Final Orbit, the third instalment of his Apollo Murders series, the astronaut nonchalantly rhymes off the long list of responsibilities on his plate beyond researching and writing novels set during the Cold War space race of the 1970s.

He sits on the boards of a number of tech companies and advises a bunch of others. He heads the space stream for the Creative Destruction Lab, a global s

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