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May 16, 2004 · Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants.
Sep 24, 1979 · BOOK REVIEW. 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.But no: jazzy, jivey, exclamation-pointed, italicized Tom Wolfe Mr. Overkill hasn't really got the fight stuff for the job. Admittedly, he covers all the ground.
The Right Stuff. It's the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage. It's men like Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of all and the fastest man on earth. Pete Conrad, who almost laughed himself out of the running. Gus Grissom, who almost lost it when his capsule sank. John Glenn, the only space traveler whose apple-pie image wasn't a lie.
Oct 30, 2001 · Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book, “The Right Stuff,” chronicles the diverging research of high-altitude rocket planes and spaceflight from the early 1950s through Project Mercury, contrasting the Mercury Seven astronauts with test pilots at Edwards AFB and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, with Chuck Yeager standing out as exemplifying the “right ...
Mar 27, 2003 · The first American satellite, Vanguard 1, a 3.3-pound, grapefruit-size ball, was prepared for launch a month after Sputnik 2. On December 6, 1957, the countdown was carried live on network ...
The Right Stuff. NASA recruits seven test pilots, training them to become astronauts for the Mercury Space Program in an attempt to surpass the Russian space program. Exciting '80s astronaut movie has cursing, sex.
Jan 1, 2004 · RIGHT STUFF. $12.99. (5,233) In Stock. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. First published in 1979 to extraordinary acclaim, Tom Wolfe’s landmark work became an instant bestseller, going on to sell more than 2.5 million copies. It is a true story that is as exciting as the best fiction—the tale of American heroes Yeager, Conrad, Grissom ...
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