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The Light of Earth : Reflections on a Life in Space.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight SeriesPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (178 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781496229649
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Light of EarthDDC classification:
  • 629.450092
LOC classification:
  • TL789.85.W67 W673 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1. The Unmaking of an Ex-Astronaut -- 2. Doing Well -- 3. Enemies to Allies -- 4. The Twelve -- 5. The Other Twelve -- 6. Earth Views -- 7. The Hoax of the Moon Hoax -- 8. I Never Liked the Space Shuttle -- 9. So You Want to Be an Astronaut -- 10. Thoughts after a Moon Voyage -- 11. Risk and Death -- 12. The Point of the Space Program -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Index.
Summary: Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Al Worden's wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1. The Unmaking of an Ex-Astronaut -- 2. Doing Well -- 3. Enemies to Allies -- 4. The Twelve -- 5. The Other Twelve -- 6. Earth Views -- 7. The Hoax of the Moon Hoax -- 8. I Never Liked the Space Shuttle -- 9. So You Want to Be an Astronaut -- 10. Thoughts after a Moon Voyage -- 11. Risk and Death -- 12. The Point of the Space Program -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Index.

Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Al Worden's wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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