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Moon bound : choosing and preparing NASA's lunar astronauts

Colin Burgess (Author)
Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups included the leading figures for NASA's activities for the following two decades.
Print Book, English, ©2013
Springer ; Praxis, New York, Chichester, ©2013
History
XXVIII, 371 str. : ilustr. ; 24 cm.
9781461438540, 9781461438557, 1461438543, 1461438551
905162781
Part I Announcements and volunteers.- Screening the applicants.- The finalists.- The "Next Nine".- Settling in.- Part II The boy from Barren Run.- Answering the call.- A few exceptionally good men.- The Fourteen.- Patience and Persistence.- "Before this decade is out".- For some, the glory.- Appendices.- Bibliography.- Index.