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Jan 1, 2001 · The Right Stuff is a manly book about manly men, an unapologetic ode to the “single combat warriors” that made America’s first forays into space. There are times the mythmaking is so intense it almost feels tongue-in-cheek.
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Mar 27, 2003 · Its thin, otherworldly beep-beep-beep demonstrated so advanced a state of Soviet space technology that it precipitated disbelief and panic in the American people, who had not thought the Soviet...
The Right Stuff is a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe about the pilots engaged in U.S. postwar research with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft as well as documenting the stories of the first astronauts selected for the NASA's Project Mercury program.
Sep 24, 1979 · THE RIGHT STUFF. by Tom Wolfe ‧RELEASE DATE: Sept. 24, 1979. bookshelf. shop now. amazon bookshop. Yes: it's high time for a de-romanticized, de-mythified, close-up retelling of the U.S. Space Program's launching—the inside story of those first seven astronauts.
A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space programme, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making.
Mar 4, 2008 · Overview. From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review) Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until ...
Jun 11, 2018 · A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space programme, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making.
