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Audiobook Review: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
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Audiobook Review: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2022

Ms. Roach focuses on what it’s like to be in space – hungry, tired, smelly, sleep deprived, sex deprived, and asks questions like how do astronauts poop?

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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins
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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins

Man of la BookOctober 18, 2021

I enjoyed reading about Col Eileen M. Collins’ (RET – USAF) journey to become an astronaut. It took time, planning, patience, and resilience

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Book Review: Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space by Bruce McCandless III
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Book Review: Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space by Bruce McCandless III

Man of la BookJuly 14, 2021

Wonders All Around The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space by Bruce McCandless III is a memoir / bio

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Book Review: Chasing the Moon by Robert Stone and Alan Andres
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Book Review: Chasing the Moon by Robert Stone and Alan Andres

Man of la BookNovember 13, 2019

Chasing the Moon: People Politics and the Promise That Launched the Space Age – looking at the thinkers dreamers and futurists that envision the space program

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Book Review: One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman
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Book Review: One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman

Man of la BookJune 17, 2019

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon -The story of the Americans who fought to accomplish the task of going to the moon & coming back

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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David
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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David

Man of la BookJune 3, 2019

Moon Rush: The New Space Race is about the history of man getting to the moon and suggests a path forward to the satellite which we have already abandoned.

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Book Review: Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger

Man of la BookApril 10, 2017

I’ve read many books about the space program, but Mr. Kluger managed to weave the personal stories of the astronauts (especially the Commander Frank Borman), along with technical details and geopolitical influences

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Book Review: The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
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Book Review: The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock

Man of la BookNovember 22, 2016

An Air Force pilot, in Nevada, pushing the boundaries of air-craft technology in the space program, is happy to have their first daughter after years of trying

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Book Review: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Book Review: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Man of la BookSeptember 26, 2016

Not only it is about the space program, but also about bright people preserving and making a name for themselves through education and smarts.

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Book Review: Spaceships by Ron Miller

Man of la BookSeptember 19, 2016

This wonderful, hard cover coffee table book, is a visual trip through space and time of spaceship, rockets and their influence on pop-culture and art.

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