Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
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Imagine yourself in a decaying space station far away from the atmosphere you never realized you needed so badly, not knowing if the next malfunction would kill you or merely keep you busy. Dr. Jerry M. Linenger experienced just this and describes his harrowing but ennobling five months aboard Mir in Off the Planet, a memoir that evokes the excitement of living every day as a life-threatening adventure. Linenger's very personal writing style draws the reader into the story quickly, breezing through his childhood, Annapolis training, medical school, and selection as an astronaut, then moving quickly to the Mir assignment and its aftermath.
Linenger isn't shy about sharing his opinions. Chapter titles like "Broken Trust" and "An Attempted Coverup" show his feelings about the bizarre relationship between the crew and mission control that may have kept him and his Russian comrades in constant danger. He also heaps praise on his fellow crew members and family for their strength and perseverance throughout the mission--between communication difficulties, the cloud of doubt surrounding the station's systems, and problems like fires and toxic fumes, it's a wonder anyone survived with their sanity intact. The full-color pictures accompanying the text add further insight into life aboard Mir. --Rob Lightner
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
The first complete and uncensored account of one of the most dangerous missions in the history of manned space travel, Off the Planet is Dr. Jerry Linenger's dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission. Not since Apollo 13 has an astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission, and lived to tell about it.
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir,Jerry M. Linenger,McGraw-Hill,007137230X,Aeronautics & Astronautics,Astronomy - General,Astrophysics & Space Science,Biography & Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,History,Science,Scientists - General,Astronautics,Biography: general,Science / Astronomy,Space travel & exploration
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