Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S) Summary and Reviews

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)
by Francis French, Colin Burgess

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)
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Author: Colin Burgess, Francis French
Foreword: Paul Haney
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-23
ISBN: 0803211465
Number of pages: 402
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Book Review: Loved It
Summary: 5 Stars

Now that the "Cold War" seems thankfully to be in the past, there is a unique opportunity to reflect on the astronauts and cosmonauts that fought the space race in the sixties.

Francis French and Colin Burgess give a personal "down-to-earth" as well as an "up-in-orbit" view of the American and Soviet men and women who made considerable personal sacrifices and showed true bravery to try and beat the other country to the stars.

It's very well written and accessible to space illiterate technophobes like me. Thoroughly recommended reading.

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