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1 online resource. |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; Part I: "Don't Send Me There"; 1October Sky; 2TheAbbeys; 3Annapolis; 4AirForce; 5Dyna-Soar; 6Boeing; Part II: "Before This Decade IsOut"; 7Destination: Moon; 8North American Aviation; 9Houston andtheManned Spacecraft Center; 10Astronaut Abbey; 11ThePhillips Report; 12Flight; 13Countdown; 14Ashes; 15Commitment; 16From theEarth totheMoon; 17Challenge; 18OneWeek inAugust; Part III: "The Quintessential Staffer"; 19Mission Accomplished; 20Apollo 13; 21Stability; 22Gravity |
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23TheSpace Shuttle24TheSoviets; 25Skylab; 26TheAce Moving Company; 27Apollo-Soyuz; Part IV: "Ten Consecutive Miracles Followed byanActofGod"; 28TheRight Stuff; 29TheNext Generation; 30Approach andLanding; 31Thirty-Five NewGuys; 32Problems; 33Those Other Astronauts; 34STS-1; Part V: "Goat Throttle Up"; 35TheUsed Spaceship; 36Operational Flight; 37Frequent Flying; 381984; 39The Breaking Point; 40TheDaytheEarth Stood Still; 41Recovery; 42Marooned; Part VI: "ANational Quasi-Emergency"; 43PEPCON; 44TheSpace Exploration Initiative; 45Synthesis |
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46Space Council47DanGoldin; 48Space Cowboys; 49Redesign; 50Hubble Rescue; 51ASpace Odyssey; 52Return toJSC; Part VII: "Together totheStars"; 53ANewDirection; 54TheTotal Equation; 55Crises onMir; 56First Element; 57EndGame; 58TheJourney Continues; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photos insert |
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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"-short for unidentified NASA official. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. His story has never been told-until now. The Astronaut Maker takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power, from young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center. During a thirty-seven-year career, mostly out of the spotlight, he oversaw the selection of every astronaut class from 1978 to 1987, deciding who got to fly and when. He was with the Apollo 1 astronauts the night before the fatal fire in January 1967. He was in mission control the night of the Apollo 13 accident and organized the recovery effort. Abbey also led NASA's recruitment of women and minorities as space shuttle astronauts and was responsible for hiring Sally Ride. Written by Michael Cassutt, the coauthor of the acclaimed astronaut memoirs DEKE! and We Have Capture, and 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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Abbey, George, 1932-
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Management -- History.
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Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Government executives -- United States -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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9781613737033 |
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