For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0151004676 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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M. Scott Carpenter was America's fourth man in space, his 1962 three-orbit mission in a tiny Mercury capsule closely paralleling that of John Glenn's previous mission. His research-chemist father was successful but absent, his mother often a bedridden invalid. While Carpenter may have been able to trace his lineage back to the Plymouth colony of the 1630s, his immediate family seemed shattered. But that's where the similarities end: a malfunctioning navigational system caused Carpenter to splash down, dangerously, some 250 miles off-target, and Glenn's fame would somehow forever eclipse that of all seven of his fellow original astronauts combined. --Jerry McCulley. While the account of NASA's infancy seems quaint, its officialdom often comes off as nothing short of cutthroat, perhaps inspiring the pioneering spaceman to the book's final adventures exploring a distinctly different frontier--the bottom of the ocean--as part of the Navy's endurance-minded SeaLab program. Carp
He went on to become one of seven Project Mercury astronauts to take part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. Here he writes of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7.Carpenter also shares a family story of tenderness and fortitude. Coming from a family of early Colorado pioneers, astronaut Scott Carpenter grew up with a vibrant frontier tradition of exploration. Raised by his grandparents in Boulder, Colorado, while his mother lay sick for years with tuberculosis, Carpenter witnessed bravery, love, sacrifice, and endurance that prepared him for life as a Navy pilot during two wars, service to country as
For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey Of A Mercury Astronaut (Paperback)-Interesting life story Keith Mirenberg For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut was a very interesting story written by Scott Carpenter and his daughter which documents his life and mission. I give it five full stars. It describes in some detail his life story and is very illuminating providing lots of gossip on the space program and project Mercury. I remember Carpenter's flight ending with the headlines that stated "Great Scott Overshoots by 200 Miles".As a then young American I can remember that none of us cared much about the reasons for the 200 plus mile overshoot of his . R. Glueck said A Star in the Sky. Scott Carpenter's autobiography, written with his daughter, Kris Stoever, is the last, long awaited testament from the Mercury astronauts. Along with Deke Slayton's and Mike Cassutt's "Deke!", it is possibly the most informative of these rememberances. The book is more accurately detailed than "Schirra's Space", better grounded in facts than Shepard's "Moon Shot", more interactive than John Glenn's memoir, and uhlet's say, far surpasses Cooper's "Keeping Faith".Carpenter's book is footnoted throughout, and the authors have made many references to other credible. "We Finally Hear Carpenter's Story" according to Eric B. Smith. Scott Carpenter has the worst reputation of the Mercury Seven. Chris Kraft's book "Flight" dedicates a complete chapter to attacking Carpenter. Using numerous footnotes, the book references many NASA reports which cite a mechanical failure which nearly doomed his mission.The book seems to be a family history written by Carpenter's daughter, Kris Stoever. Thus, the reader must adjust to reading about Carpenter in the third person. Carpenter does take over in the chapters about his flight, writing in the first person. Adding to the difficulty reading the book, th