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Topic: Weightless: One of America's First Female Astronauts Finds Her Space (Rhea Seddon)
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1925
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-19-2013 12:37 AM
   
I'd be interested in a book by Hoot Gibson... but I'd still read Rhea Seddon's memoir-in-progress, "Weightless: One of America's First Female Astronauts Finds Her Space."An excerpt can be found on her website. |
space4u
Member Posts: 293
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-19-2013 03:46 PM
Great find Hart. Tons of great stuff. Thanks, — Marcy |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1925
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-19-2013 08:48 PM
Not a problem. Since I'm working overnights, I have time to poke around the 'net - all for work of course.  Here's from her pitch (of course, Lucid has since retired): There were six women in the first astronaut class that included females. Judy Resnik perished in the Challenger accident. Current astronauts are not allowed to publish books (Anna Fisher and Shannon Lucid). Sally Ride passed away in 2012. Kathy Sullivan may be writing her story, but she never married or had children and her career was quite different from mine. Several men have written about their experiences on the space shuttle and the international space station (Mike Mullane, Tom Jones, Jerry Linnenger, et cetera), but they speak from a male perspective. I plan on dropping her a note saying I'm looking forward to her book — and that her husband should write one, too. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 927
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 02-19-2013 11:26 PM
I really hope Dr. Seddon's book sees print and finds an audience. If I'm not mistaken, Sally Ride wrote a couple of books aimed at young readers, but it seems to me that there's been a large void in the history of the Shuttle program left by the fact that none of the (living) TFNG women have chosen to write a serious, adult memoir. And yeah, if Rhea could talk Hoot into writing the book we all want, so much the better.  |
herranzc
Member Posts: 10
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 02-20-2013 09:24 AM
Also, in her book proposal she has done her 'homework' by listing what she calls Competitive Titles in Print. A good starting point and guide to books about women in space. | |
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