Book Review
The Right Stuff
- Tom Wolfe
- Picador USA
- 2008
- ★★★★★
This is the origin story of the American Astronaut, how the role of the men in the manned space flight program evolved along with America's perception of them as champions in the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union.
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