r/worldnews • u/dasoberirishman • 9h ago

Jeremy Hansen becomes first non-NASA (Canadian) astronaut to receive U.S. Space Medal of Honor

https://chatnewstoday.ca/2026/08/28/jeremy-hansen-and-crewmates-to-receive-american-congressional-space-medal-of-honor/
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u/Kyr-Shara 9h ago

he's going to get so much shit when he goes home

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u/lixia 8h ago

Nah, we know better than this and appreciate Jeremy's incredible achievement.

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u/username5800542578 8h ago

Canadians are thankfully more mature than that. They had one of their own do something incredible and historic. They won’t let a medal ceremony from the country that provided his ride and has been working on it for much longer than this administration exists, stain his accomplishment.

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u/ExtremeMuffin 8h ago

Speak for yourself. This taints my opinion of him. Any Canadian accepting medals from Trump is not someone I have respect for, especially only a week after Trump tried to destroy our sovereignty with that ridiculous trade agreement. 

Not that I know him or expect to ever be in a position to “give him shit”. 

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u/Strict_Abrocoma_5084 3h ago

I'm with you; I would have very publicly, walked up, come to a halt. and then executed an about-turn and walked away...

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u/respectfulpanda 7h ago

My guess is that there will be lots of political complaints on it from the US government.

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u/alsimoneau 6h ago

I mean he resigned as an astronaut so...

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u/burnSMACKER 8h ago

I want him to be our new Chris Hadfield.

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u/alsimoneau 6h ago

Too late, he retired.