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I could not put it down...Mike provides a great combination of his experiences, history about NASA, personal history, impact on him and his family, stories of his close friends and the emotions he felt throughout his whole experience. It's worth it...
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Hilarious. Not just for guys who like space stuff. Our son read it and bought it as a father's day gift. My husband has been reading it and howling so he's reading it to me. Mike Mullane is absolutely candid about himself and the era he is describing, Loads of fun.
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This book is an insider account of NASA and the shuttle program. It was hard to put this book down, for several reasons. First the writing is witty and interesting; Mike has a real gift with words and a humorous way of expressing his thoughts. Second, its a real peak into a world most of us no nothing about except for the "Right Stuff" kind of pronouncements we see at the press conferences. This book is searingly honest; I don't know if most of us would tell our best friends the details about our thoughts and history that Mike reveals in this book, but he holds nothing back.
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Surprisingly good book about the real NASA. I would recommend it to anyone with even a small interest in the space program.
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This was a surprising read. I loved this book, but it has two very distinct sides. One is funny, self-confident, brash, accomplished. The other is grim, unsure, depressing, an expose of institutional politics and culture at it's soul (and life) destroying worst. It's not all photo ops and champange. This is why I like it and yet sometimes found it hard to read. From childhood to semi-retirement, this is about a person, the flaws he honestly admits to, and the not so 'Leave it to Beaver' world he lives in. The first part was very entertaining and anecdotal- very funny. The second was more interesting and down to the nitty gritty: an inside account of what NASA was like, and still may be like. It also exposes how the media, and having to deal with the media, changes how people respond and behave. The true stresses of this kind of life and career are huge. It wasn't the book I thought it would be, but I am very glad to have read it.
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