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We Have Capture 9 reviews Thomas P. Stafford, Michael Cassutt
Smithsonian, 2002
We Have Capture C
+ It Sure Captured My Imagination + A deeply interesting character. + Good Job General! + Congress - Read Carefully, Take Notes, & Listen to Stafford
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Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut (Indiana Biography Series) 9 reviews Ray E. Boomhower
Indiana Historical Society, 2004
Hoosier Hero
+ Finally, A Step In The Right Direction + Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut + Boomhower: The Lost Opportunity
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Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond 41 reviews Nancy Conrad, Howard A. Klausner
NAL Hardcover, 2005
Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride To The Moon And Beyond
+ Rocket Man a good read + Factual errors
The book arrived within the scheduled delivery time in excellent condition.
Thank you,
Mark & Francine Keehnel
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Apollo 21 reviews Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
South Mountain Books, 2004
Inner workings of humankind's greatest accomplishment
+ Behind the scenes at history's most expensive joyride + A band of unknown guys accomplishes the impossible. + The HIGH POINT of AMERICAN CREATIVITY + A Book Every System Engineer Should Read
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Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon 24 reviews David Reynolds, Wally Schirra, ...
Harcourt, 2002
Gem for Space Nerds
+ Stunning tribute + Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon + Apollo: Epic Journey (how America won the cold war) + Inspiring History of the Space Program
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Flight My Life in Mission Control 65 reviews Christopher Kraft, Chris Kraft
Plume, 2002
Really the Right Stuff on the Moon Landings
+ a good read + Read ! + Fantastic Journey of a fascinating man
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Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond 98 reviews Gene Kranz
Berkley Trade, 2001
I couldn't put it down...
+ From S. Krishna's Books + Living History and Inspiration for Our Times + Be Tough and Competent! + Be Tough and Competent!
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Schirra's Space (Bluejacket Books) 12 reviews Wally Schirra, Richard N. Billings
US Naval Institute Press, 1995
A cocky, opinionated, American Hero
Wally Shirra doesn't lack for confidence. Then again how would a person, without the self confidence of a test pilot, strap himself to a rocket? A great insider's view of the program. However for all his confidence Shirra goes out of his way to not cast a single stone at the many people he ...
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Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 48 reviews Jeffrey Kluger, James Lovell
Houghton Mifflin, 1994
Remarkable narrative account
+ Amazing! + Good General and Technical Detail About a Near-Disaster in Space + Add in my five stars please + An outstanding account, with one qualification
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys 46 reviews Michael Collins
Cooper Square Press, 2001
Collins Sense of humor
+ Where is our next generation of heroes? + You Won't Want to Put It Down + Best of the Astronaut books + Carrying The Fire: An Astronauts Journeys by Michael Collins
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Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles 12 reviews ROGER BILSTEIN
University Press of Florida, 2003
THE Saturn Story
+ Thorough but Dry + Saturn launch vehicle review + The Complete Story Of The Saturn Family
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Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard--America's First Spaceman 22 reviews Neal Thompson
Crown, 2004
The Highs, Lows, and In-Betweens of Alan B. Shepard
+ Certainly changed my mind about Al Shepard! + As close as one can get to the "real" Alan Shepard
Surprise of surprises. Amid the clutter of hastily-written self-serving memoirs from the early days of the space program, finally there appears something akin to solid history and literary proficiency. Neal Thompson was a Baltimore reporter when Alan Shepard died in 1998 of leukemia. Assigned to ...
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A Man on the Moon 118 reviews Andrew Chaikin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998
A Recreation of Wonder
+ first hand reports from the moonwalkers + History lesson in the making. + These Men dared to sit on top of Rockets! + Perfect Mix of Technical and Entertainment!!!
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Deke!: An Autobiography 32 reviews Donald K. Slayton, Michael Cassutt
Forge Books, 1995
Details about life in the early astronaut office.
+ The Pinnacle of Space Books + The Holy Grail for how the early manned space program happened. + Deke!: An Autobiography + You Can't Argue With Success, But....
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong 81 reviews James R. Hansen
Simon & Schuster, 2005
This is THE definitive biography about Neil Armstrong
+ Armstrong's Innerspace (almost) + One Giant Book For Mankind + Great Biography of My Boyhood Idol + A Name That Will Remembered Through The Ages
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We Seven 3 reviews M. Scott Carpenter, Jr. L. Gordon Cooper, ...
Simon & Schuster, 1962
There will never be another like it...
+ Band of Brothers
In the short time span of less than ten years, these seven American heros helped to invent and then use the spacecraft and systems they signed on to fly. This book will inspire and will make you remember (or realize) that if done with hard work, common sense, and teamwork, anything aspired to -is ...
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Apollo 21 reviews Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
South Mountain Books, 2004
Inner workings of humankind's greatest accomplishment
+ Behind the scenes at history's most expensive joyride + A band of unknown guys accomplishes the impossible. + The HIGH POINT of AMERICAN CREATIVITY + A Book Every System Engineer Should Read
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Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon 24 reviews David Reynolds, Wally Schirra, ...
Harcourt, 2002
Gem for Space Nerds
+ Stunning tribute + Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon + Apollo: Epic Journey (how America won the cold war) + Inspiring History of the Space Program
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A Man on the Moon 118 reviews Andrew Chaikin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998
A Recreation of Wonder
+ first hand reports from the moonwalkers + History lesson in the making. + These Men dared to sit on top of Rockets! + Perfect Mix of Technical and Entertainment!!!
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Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles 12 reviews ROGER BILSTEIN
University Press of Florida, 2003
THE Saturn Story
+ Thorough but Dry + Saturn launch vehicle review + The Complete Story Of The Saturn Family
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