Selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of
shuttle astronauts, Mike Mullane completed three missions and
logged 356 hours aboard the Discovery and Atlantis shuttles. It was
a dream come true. As a boy, Mullane could only read about space
travel in science fiction, but the launch of Sputnik changed all
that. Space flight became a possible dream and Mike Mullane set out
to make it come true. In this absorbing memoir, Mullane gives the
first-ever look into the often hilarious, sometime volatile
dynamics of space shuttle astronauts - a class that included
Vietnam War veterans, feminists, and propeller-headed scientists.
With unprecedented candour, Mullane describes the chilling fear and
unparalleled joy of space flight. As his career centred around the
Challenger disaster, Mullane also recounts the heartache of burying
his friends and colleagues. And he pulls no punches as he reveals
the ins and outs of NASA, frank in his criticisms of the agency. A
blast from start to finish, Riding Rockets is a
straight-from-the-gut account of what it means to be an astronaut,
just in time for this latest generation of stargazers.
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Tue, 18 Oct 2022 | Review
by: Magdek L.
An incredible book, which I can highly recommend.
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