Forever YoungYoung, John
Forever Young
by Young, John · first published 2012
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The autobiography of astronaut John Young.
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…mission. Severe official disapproval, but of course he went on to a total of six launches, two of them moonbound, two of them truly pioneering, and only relatively recently retired from NASA. Autobiography Forever Young recommended.
on “The first corned beef sandwich in space (1965)” ↗…By Tom Standage, solid read on the history and progression of communication tech up through the dropping of the transatlantic cable. To the point with lots of history I did not know before reading it. Forever Young by John W. Young; haven't quite finished it yet but its great so far. He is perhaps one of the most prolific astronauts to have served at NASA and has lots of great stories. Flatland: A Romance of Many…
on “Ask HN: Good non-fiction books without filler?” ↗…Shepard, Glenn, Cooper, Grissom, Schirra, Carpenter, and Slayton's 'We Seven' https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Astronauts-Themselves-Scott-Car... (written in 1962 by the astronauts themselves) John Young's 'Forever Young' https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Young-Life-Adventure-Space/dp... Together I find these books to be much better than any other compilation, because they were written by the people who were actually there.…
on “John Glenn has died” ↗