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List Price: $19.95Amazon.com's Price: $13.57 You Save: $6.38 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.450092
EAN: 9780815410287
ISBN: 081541028X
Label: Cooper Square Press
Manufacturer: Cooper Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: June 25, 2001
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Sales Rank: 37754
Studio: Cooper Square Press
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The Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut tells first hand of his journeys into space and his arrival on the moon.
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Michele Collins sure has a unique personality, on one side he is a great American hero and history maker, on the other side his sense of humor is so overwhelming to let the reader feel close frindship with the man. Some of his comments made me laugh out loudly. I certaily recommend this book for both its scientific content and moral experience. The way he simplified scientific issues was astonishing. You'll love to read it more than once.
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Collins writes a richly detailed and intelligent account, laced with smart-alecky humor, of what it was like to join the astronaut corps, the training and planning that go into a mission, and what it's like to go into space. His description of his anxiety during the period that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon really puts you in the moment and makes you realize that making it back was no foregone conclusion.
It makes me sad to see how this book has become dated. We ... Read More
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My father gave me his copy of CARRYING THE FIRE in 1975 when I was eleven. His recommendations were rare, so I knew the book was special--I was not disappointed. Mike's narrative is beautifully delivered, poignant and funny as hell. This is a personal account that lets the reader enter the world of Apollo from Mike's point of view. The complexities of the Apollo 11 mission (and spaceflight in general) are presented in a flowing, readable style--you won't want to put this book down. Reading it ... Read More
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Of all the astronaut bios & autobios this one is the best. Michael Collins' style is natural and funny.
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I was reading Deke! By Donald K. (Deke) Slayton and Michael Cusset. Deke Slayton was the highly respected chief astronaut and godfather to the astronauts of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions; In this book, I noted a positive reference to Michael Collins's book Carrying The Fire so I figured this as a must read.
Michael Collins takes the reader through the stages of astronaut training and spaceship design and his own flights of Gemini 10 and the pioneering Apollo 11 with self- depreciating ... Read More
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