Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-JUN-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Reinhold, Herman
Article Excerpt
Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir. By Tom Jones. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Photographs. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiv, 369. $26.95 ISBN: 0-06-085152-X
Space is exciting! Many people dream of being astronauts. Virgin Airlines even wants to fly tourists in space. But, what's it like to be an astronaut? We may remember stories about the space program in the 1960s or 1970s such as The Right Stuff or Apollo XIII, but what do astronauts really do now? Is the reality like our dreams?
To find out, read Sky Walking, an enjoyable and honest account of...
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