Clearly she wants me to read Lord of the Rings

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    2 months ago

    I like your choice of books. How was the Von Braun book? One I don’t see on your shelf, but would recommend it would be “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” by Chris Hadfield. There is a second book he did at the same time of just photography he took while at the ISS. Both are worth looking at.

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      2 months ago

      Neufeld’s von Braun book is great! It doesn’t pull any ethical punches – it’s almost clinical in the treatment of his early career opportunism within the Nazi regime.

      The bottom shelves are dedicated more to rocket science than human spaceflight, generally, which is why I don’t have Hadfield’s book. I met him once though. I did grad school in Planetary Science and got to meet quite a few astronauts and have a few beers.