Download Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut AudioBook Free
In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was created to the earth - 29 men and six women who bring NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Driving Rockets, strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are - human. Mullane's tales of arrested development among military services flyboys dealing with feminist pioneers and post-doc experts are occasionally bawdy, often comical, and always interesting. He vividly portrays every part of the astronaut experience, from revealing a female tech which urine-collection condom size is a fit to reading "Taps" enjoyed on the friend's grave. He is also brutally honest in his criticism of any NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger devastation - killing four members of his group. A amusing, heartfelt tale of life in all its fateful uncertainty, Driving Rockets will resonate long after the call of "Steering wheel stop".
