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Riding rockets : the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut / Mike Mullane. - New York : Scribner, c2006. - ix, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, 29 men and six women, were introduced to the world. USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and this is his story. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are--human, with tales of military flyboys, feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists. He portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience, and is brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster.--From publisher description.
0743276825
9780743276825 (hardcover) 52600
2005056123
Mullane, R. Mike.
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States--Biography.
TL789.85.M86 / A3 2006
629.450092 B
Riding rockets : the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut / Mike Mullane. - New York : Scribner, c2006. - ix, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, 29 men and six women, were introduced to the world. USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and this is his story. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are--human, with tales of military flyboys, feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists. He portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience, and is brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster.--From publisher description.
0743276825
9780743276825 (hardcover) 52600
2005056123
Mullane, R. Mike.
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States--Biography.
TL789.85.M86 / A3 2006
629.450092 B