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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I only voted for one book: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. When all of that was going on, I was a kid keeping a Space scrapbook that included information on the planets and news clippings of rocket launches.
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Originally Posted by issybird
It's a terrific book, but I've read it and I'm hoping for a choice I haven't read, as I'd already read the selections for the first two months this year.
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Originally Posted by jemc
I did something similar during that time. I think I'll bump it to the top of my pile.  |
I recall in elementary school during the Mercury & Gemini missions that when launches or landings were to occur class would stop to gather to watch on television. I've never read
The Right Stuff and would not mind, even having seen the film now.