![]() ![]() Mike had almost unanimous pride and positivity about NASA, Scott was much more critical, at times even a bit angry and frustrated. Of course they have different backgrounds, and took different routes to becoming astronauts, but it’s more fundamental than that. This book is quite different from astronaut Mike Massimino’s book Spaceman, which I also enjoyed. ![]() Well told, in depth account of life on the ISS Here, in his personal story, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next ultimately challenging step in American spaceflight.Ī natural storyteller and modern-day hero, Kelly has a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth the pressures of constant close cohabitation the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home - an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Now he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. A rash all over his back feels on fire.A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years. His legs and ankles swell like water balloons. He begins the book with a family dinner at his Houston home 24 hours after returning from 340 days in space. Part of his mission was to reveal those mental and physical risks. From there, he alternates chapters, shuffling his personal history with the year-in-space story.Īs Kelly found out, spending that long in a metal container orbiting the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour is dizzying. Kelly’s space account begins in Star City, at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center outside of Moscow, where all the logistics, routines and rituals take place for him and his cosmonaut colleagues. From space, Kelly even placed a long-distance call to Wolfe to thank him. ![]() The turning point in Kelly’s life came when, as a directionless college student, he read Tom Wolfe’s NASA classic, The Right Stuff. It was a game changer for a blue-collar Jersey kid, the twin son of an alcoholic cop and resilient mother, and set him on the improbable path to outer space. His rocket-fueled bucket list includes Mars, and the 520 total days he has spent in space so far is about what it would take to land him on the Red Planet. Hard to imagine, except this plain-spoken travelogue lets you. A modern-day pioneer, Kelly’s sense of adventure thrives on achieving what no others have done. ![]()
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