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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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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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