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Riding rockets: the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut

By Mullane , R. Mike

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster;Scribner ©2006
ISBN
9780743296762, 0743296761, 9780743276832
Language
english
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EPUB
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767 kB (785697 bytes)
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2020-07-26 19:24:52
Astronauts;Astronauts--United States;Biographies;BR. Mike;Space Shuttle Program (U.S.);Astronauts --

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Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Bowels and Brains; 2. Adventure; 3. Polio; 4. Sputnik; 5. Selection; 6. The Space Shuttle; 7. Arrested Development; 8. Welcome; 9. Babes and Booze; 10. Temples of History; 11. The F***ing New Guys; 12. Speed; 13. Training; 14. Adventures in Public Speaking; 15. Columbia; 16. Pecking Order; 17. Prime Crew; 18. Donna; 19. Abort; 20. MECO; 21. Orbit; 22. Coming to America; 23. Astronaut Wings; 24. Part-time Astronauts; 25. The Golden Age; 26. Challenger; 27. Castle Intrigue; 28. Falling; 29. Change; 30. Mission Assignment; 31. God Falls;In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, 29 men and six women, were introduced to the world. USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and this is his story. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are--human, with tales of military flyboys, feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists. He portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience, and is brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster.--From publisher description. Cover Dedication Contents Acknowledgments 1. Bowels and Brains 2. Adventure 3. Polio 4. Sputnik 5. Selection 6. The Space Shuttle 7. Arrested Development 8. Welcome 9. Babes and Booze 10. Temples of History 11. The F***ing New Guys 12. Speed 13. Training 14. Adventures in Public Speaking 15. Columbia 16. Pecking Order 17. Prime Crew 18. Donna 19. Abort 20. MECO 21. Orbit 22. Coming to America 23. Astronaut Wings 24. Part-time Astronauts 25. The Golden Age 26. Challenger 27. Castle Intrigue 28. Falling 29. Change 30. Mission Assignment 31. God Falls 32. Swine Flight33. Classified Work 34. "No reason to die all tensed up" 35. Riding a Meteor 36. Christie and Annette 37. Widows 38. "I have no plans past MECO" 39. Holding at Nine and Hurting 40. Last Orbits 41. The White House 42. Journey's End Epilogue Glossary Photographs Copyright

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