It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final frontier. But it was also a time of human drama, of...
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Aug 07, 2011
Aaron
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This was a great but brief history of the first space program for the United States and Russia. For the U.S., it outlines the history of the “Mercury” program with astronauts Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Wally Shirra, Scott Carpenter, Deke Slayton, and Gordo Cooper. I have heard much of what I’ve read here through various documentaries for the most part but what the book improves upon is not only the Russian half of the early space race – which I had yet to read about – but also the pe
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May 13, 2009
Tim
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I'm still trying to figure out if the news in the days preceding the release of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 symbolizes irony or progress.[return][return]As the subtitle indicates, the book examines the first efforts by the U.S. and the Soviet Union to put humans into space. One of the areas in which the book excels is reminding us just how hazardous those initial steps were and how they grabbed worldwide attention. The book arrives shortly after the 46th anni
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Oct 27, 2010
Craig
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Great look at the early astronauts and cosmonauts in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. with particular insight into the lesser-known Russian trailblazers. Full of fascinating details and chronologically does a better job than The Right Stuff at looking at the important Mercury missions.
Oct 26, 2007
Brent
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I liked this book because it told not only the stories of the American Astronauts but also the Soviet Cosmonauts. The authors are definitely space nerds, I have met both, and I can tell it through this book. The nice thing about the book is that it does not hit you over the head with specs about rockets but rather tells the stories of the people.
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