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Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 | Rick Houston, J. Milt Heflin

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Ive always been a space nut, since I saw Apollo 11 land on the Moon when I was 6 years old. I've watched every Apollo flight, every space shuttle launch. This book really brought to life the early days of NASA, from the end of the Mercury missions, through the Gemini program into Apollo and the Moon landings. 5 💥💥💥💥💥 out of 5.

wordzie Super 😎 5y

Crazeedi Such an awesome time in our history. I'll never forget sitting in front of our little TV watching the moon landing 5y

Crazeedi I was 14 5y

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RamsFan1963

Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 | Rick Houston, J. Milt Heflin

I know it's a petty thing, but have you ever listened to an audiobook and been put off by the way the narrator pronounces a word? I've always pronounced, and heard it pronounced, Gemini as Jim-n-i. The narrator pronounces it as Jim-n-nee, as in Jiminey Cricket. It's a tiny thing, but I find it annoying and I mentally correct him every time he says it lol.

LibrarianRyan I get that. I really do. That would drive me nuts. 5y

CouronneDhiver Omg, no. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I hate it when that happens 5y

DGRachel I saw a movie, I think, where they did that with Gemini. It makes me wonder if NASA pronounced it like Jiminy Cricket (which makes me twitchy). 🤔 5y

rwmg I've always pronounced it GEM (as in jewel)-un-eye 5y

barbwire Someone interviewed in the recent dearth of Apollo 11‘s 50th anniversary coverage said that this “insiders” actually DID pronounce it “gem-in-ee.” However, ive heard some former astronauts and flight controllers use one pronunciation, and some use the other. If I recall who said “gem-in-ee” was the norm, I‘ll update this comment. 5y

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kstadt929

Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 | Rick Houston, J. Milt Heflin

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I was so excited to pick up this book on our vacation to Houston last year! We went there to visit the space center because space is one of my favorite things!! Unfortunately, it took me a whole year to get through this book. There were way too many facts, lots of names and it skipped around. I made myself finish the book, but it was painful. I thought it would be a good idea to finish some in progress books up during the #24B4Monday !

BookFreakOut Have you read this one? I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Endurance: My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

kstadt929 @BookFreakOut Yes!!! I loved that one, too!! Thanks for the suggestion ☺️ 5y

Andrew65 A shame it wasn‘t better for you, good luck during the last day of the Readathon. 😊 5y

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