The Right Stuff

Paperback • 2005 • English

The Right Stuff

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About the book

What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse? I decided on the simplest approach possible. I would ask a few of the astronauts and find out - The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes. The first Americans in space - battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. The women had it. While Mr Wonderful was aloft, it...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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ISBN

9780099479376

Publisher

Vintage

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

The Right Stuff

Format

Paperback

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