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Leaving orbit : notes from the last days of American spaceflight /

Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question what does it mean t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dean, Margaret Lazarus, 1972- (Author)
Other Authors: Polito, Robert, 1951- (author of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Graywolf Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Outer space > Exploration > United States.
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Space flight.
Space shuttles > Accidents.
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Summary:Leaving Orbit takes the measure of what American spaceflight has achieved while reckoning with its earlier witnesses, such as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and Oriana Fallaci. Along the way, Dean meets NASA workers, astronauts and space fans, gathering possible answers to the question what does it mean that a spacefaring nation won't be going to space anymore? An elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known it.
Physical Description:317 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Awards:Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309).
ISBN:9781555977092
155597709X