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After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely
brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the
team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the
most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world's first
reusable spacecraft, it launched like a rocket, landed like a
glider, and carried out complicated missions in between. Bold They
Rise tells the story of the Space Shuttle through the personal
experiences of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who made
it happen-in space and on the ground, from the days of research and
design through the heroic accomplishments of the program to the
tragic last minutes of the Challenger disaster. In the
participants' own voices, we learn what so few are privy to: what
it was like to create a new form of spacecraft, to risk one's life
testing that craft, to float freely in the vacuum of space as a
one-man satellite, to witness a friend's death. A guided tour of
the shuttle in historical, scientific, and personal terms, this
book provides a fascinating, richly informed, and deeply personal
view of a feat without parallel in the human story.
After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely
brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the
team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the
most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world's first
reusable spacecraft, it launched like a rocket, landed like a
glider, and carried out complicated missions in between. Bold They
Rise tells the story of the Space Shuttle through the personal
experiences of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who made
it happen--in space and on the ground, from the days of research
and design through the heroic accomplishments of the program to the
tragic last minutes of the Challenger disaster. In the
participants' own voices, we learn what so few are privy to: what
it was like to create a new form of spacecraft, to risk one's life
testing that craft, to float freely in the vacuum of space as a
one-man satellite, to witness a friend's death. A guided tour of
the Shuttle--in historical, scientific, and personal terms--this
book provides a fascinating, richly informed, and deeply personal
view of a feat without parallel in the human story.
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