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Topic: How to Astronaut (Terry Virts)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44729 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-29-2020 11:36 AM
How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth by Terry Virts A wildly entertaining account of the rules, lessons, procedures, and experiences of space travel, How to Astronaut is a book that will appeal to anyone — male or female, young or old — with even a passing interest in space. Written by Col. Terry Virts, a former astronaut, space shuttle pilot, and International Space Station commander who spent 200 consecutive days in space, it answers all of our curious questions and much more: Here's how to survive that first brush with weightlessness (in the so-called vomit comet); the nearly indescribable thrill of a first blastoff; managing the daily tasks — eating, bathing, doing chores, going to the bathroom — that are anything but ordinary when you're orbiting the earth at 17,000 miles per hour; how to don your space suit and head out to work on a spacewalk ("alone in the vacuum"); how to prepare for emergencies of all kinds, from managing "space brain" to dealing with a dead crew member; and what it's like to return to Earth, including something as seemingly simple as walking after spending six months in zero-g. A born storyteller, Virts reveals the often-untold side of space travel in 51 short chapters filled with a mix of you-are-there detail, a dose of science made simple, and the inherent drama of describing something few will ever know firsthand. - Hardcover: 304 pages
- Workman Publishing Company (September 15, 2020)
- ISBN-10: 1523509619
- ISBN-13: 978-1523509614
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DavidH Member Posts: 1229 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 08-15-2020 06:49 PM
Signed copies of "How to Astronaut" are now available for preorder. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44729 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-02-2020 11:34 AM
From Terry Virts (via Twitter): You can enter for a chance to win a virtual happy hour session with me and a telescope from Meade! Visit here for all the details and fill out the form. Anyone that pre-orders a copy of the book before September 15 can enter this giveaway. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 44729 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-15-2020 10:21 AM
From Terry Virts (via Twitter): Virtual book tour dates released! I hope you enjoy my new book "How To Astronaut". For more dates check out here. |
Tallpaul Member Posts: 189 From: Rocky Point, NY, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 09-16-2020 12:06 PM
My copy arrived yesterday. This is a fun book to read. It is packed with all manner of information and insights about things one might have wondered about but were afraid to ask. Colonel Virts' writing style is warm, conversational, and easy going with flashes of self deprecating humor. I highly recommend this book as an addition to the library of anyone interested the exploration of outer space. Especially those with an interest in the autobiographical stories of astronauts. |
Tallpaul Member Posts: 189 From: Rocky Point, NY, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 09-30-2020 10:55 AM
I have finished this book and it was quite enjoyable and informative. One thing does bother me, and I have also seen it in a number of other astronaut autobiographies. When describing maneuvers, for example, barrel rolls, of high performance aircraft the term acrobatics is used. I always thought that the correct term was aerobatics. I believe that this is the fault of editors who are not cognizant with the term aerobatics or the term is not accepted by spell check software. Or, is it possible that acrobatics is now the accepted term to describe the maneuvers of high performance aircraft? | |
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