Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a GenerationChicago Review Press, 1.8.2018 - 480 sivua One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center ("mission control"), Abbey's story has never been fully told—until now. This fascinating account takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power and wielded it out of the spotlight. Informed by countless hours of interviews with Abbey and his family, friends, adversaries, and former colleagues, The Astronaut Maker is the ultimate insider's account of ambition and power politics at NASA. |
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ThirtyFive New Guys | |
Problems | |
Those Other Astronauts | |
STS1 | |
Go at Throttle Up | |
The Used Spaceship | |
Operational Flight | |
Frequent Flying | |
One Week in August | |
The Quintessential Staffer | |
Mission Accomplished | |
Apollo 13 | |
Stability | |
Gravity | |
The Space Shuttle | |
The Soviets | |
Skylab | |
The Ace Moving Company | |
ApolloSoyuz | |
Ten Consecutive Miracles Followed by an Act of God | |
The Right Stuff | |
The Next Generation | |
Approach and Landing | |
1984 | |
The Breaking Point | |
The Day the Earth Stood Still | |
Recovery | |
Marooned | |
A National QuasiEmergency | |
PEPCON | |
The Space Exploration Initiative | |
Synthesis | |
Space Council | |
Dan Goldin | |
Space Cowboys | |
Redesign | |
Hubble Rescue | |
51A Space Odyssey | |
Return to | |
A New Direction | |
The Total Equation | |
Crises on | |
First Element | |
End Game | |
The Journey Continues | |
Acknowledgments Notes | |
Together to the Stars | |
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