| Description |
317 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309). |
| Indexed In: |
Library Journal, April 2015 |
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Pub Weekly, March 2015 |
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Kirkus Starred, March 2015 |
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Booklist, April 2015 |
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Choice, November 2015 |
| 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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Adult Follett School Solutions. |
| Subject |
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Space flight.
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Space shuttles -- Accidents.
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Outer space -- Exploration -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781555977092 |
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