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I am an Apollo astronaut who entered the space program in 1966, and I knew and worked with most of the Americans that are profiled in this book. In the intervening years I have met most of the Russians also profiled. I was in the space business for many years, including making a flight to the moon on Apollo 15 in 1971, ten years after Alan Shepard made his historic flight. This book is a wonderful history of the original pioneers in space. I could not put it down once I started. French and Burgess have a great touch when it comes to writing. I found it especially interesting when reading about the Russian program and the men and women selected for their spaceflights. The book clearly and engrossingly explains the differences between the Russian Cosmonauts and the American Astronauts, including fascinating personal details of how they were selected, trained and carried on their flights. I found the book a great source of new information that was both well documented and thoroughly fascinating to read - in fact, I believe it is deserving of winning some awards. Before I flew in space, these men and women in America and Russia paved the way and were my personal heros. If you want to know who they were, then this is the book.
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A MUST READ!!! French and Burgess really know how to sum up the early space program and make it completely relivable. For previous generations who were not around to partake in the early threads of space exploration this book will take them into that silent sea.
This book would make an excellent documentary covering all the brilliant aspects of the beginnings of our space program. A fantastic journey and pleasure to read, I got to relive this pinnacle of time in the history of space exploration. GREAT STUFF!!! Dorice Odell
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As the wife of a fanatical space enthusiast, I have frequently found myself accompanying my husband to lectures, presentations and autograph shows - my role was never more than to act as gofer, holder, porter, etc. Thanks to 'Into That Silent Sea', this has all changed. I feel knowledgeable, competent and keen to engage in a dialogue of my own with these incredible people. I never would have believed that I would ever have described a book covering the history of space travel as being unputdownable. But, truly, it was and here are the reasons why:
I enjoyed the straightforward language in which it was written. At no time was I ever bamboozled by highly technical spacespeak.
It was akin to reading a detective story all the way from Gagarin's first spaceflight to Alexei Leonov's spacewalk. (I once had my photograph taken with him - next time I will be able to talk intelligibly with him!). One always wanted to read on and on and see what happened next.
My interest was held as I learned about the personal lives of the astronauts / cosmonauts and those near and dear to them.
I thank the authors for opening my eyes to a whole new sphere of interest.
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I thought I knew a lot about the space program after working at Space Camp in college and the past 12 years as an educator at a major astronomy and space museum, but boy was I surprised! This book was not only a real page-turner that I didn't want to put down, but I learned more from it than any other publication I have read about that era of U.S. and Russian space missions. The people behind the scenes are given just as much recognition as the astronauts, which is usually not the case in many other books. The reader also gains insight into the childhoods of the book's subjects and the Cold War-era influences that were propelling events in the 50s and 60s. Buy this book, as well as its follow-on companion by the same authors In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S). I highly recommend both. You will not be disappointed!
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I'm relatively new to the field of space exploration and spacefaring in terms of serious reading. In fact, this book was just my third. I have to say I enjoyed every page of this nearly 400-page tome. I was disappointed to finish it simply because I wanted to read more. The authors covers major U.S. and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts. They also cover some key women. If you're new to this field of reading I'd highly recommend starting with this book. The background on the spacefarers is very interesting.
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