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Schirra's Space (Bluejacket Books) (Paperback)

by Wally Schirra (Author), Richard N. Billings (Author)
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Navy Captains do not mutiny,crews might
Too often I have been accused of a "mutiny" during the Apollo 7 mission. First I was on loan to NASA from the U.S.Navy,no Naval officer gave me an order during the mission. When one has command, orders that are not compatible with on board crew safety,may be rejected by the C.O. The flight directors made some mistakes that we noted. The final comment, in relation to all of the missions flown in space, no flight director ever risked his life.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Jolly Wally`s Own Take On The Early Space Race, 8 Nov 1999
By Chris Bittlestone (Torquay ,, Devon , United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This is a great book to see the viewpoint of a man at the sharp end of early manned space flight

Wally Schirra was in at the beginning and came out at the top - from a one-man short jaunt in Mercury , through Gemini and to the first check- out of the Apollo CM/SM combo on Apollo 7 .

Here , he gives his view in a fashion that you would expect if you have already read of his reputation . Wally Schirra gives a no nonsense narrative of his history and experiences , but the well-documented humour and mischief of the man is not lacking and this is by no measure a book purely for the space officianado .

It contains enough pace and daring-do for most people to caught up in story , and any autobiography fans will like the book too .

Perhaps this book (being published originally some time ago)is not as up to dat eas some similar titles (vis , Cernan`s excellant "Last Man On The Moon")nor may it have been written by a man whose name readily trips off the tongue as others of the astronaut alumni , but it will be an asset to anyones library of space-related history .

A good solid read . If you enjoy it , why not try Michael Collin`s "Carrying The Fire" or Buzz Aldrin`s "Men From Earth" ?

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good-humoured and informative astronaut bio, 16 April 2006
An easy read from one of the original group of NASA astronauts, the only one to fly in all three of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes. Throughout this first-person autobiography, Wally Schirra projects good humour: practical jokes among the astronauts, car racing, people falling asleep when they really shouldn't, the irony of actually being bored half-way through a space flight...

We learn of Schirra's navy aviation career, and the skills he developed show through in his clever descriptions of some of the complexities of space flight. He is quick to tell us of his pride in his membership of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Indeed, many a reader will be pleased that this book is firmly about Schirra's experiences of flying and being an astronaut, with few of the family stories which fill out many an astronaut biography.

The moon race buff will be interested to read Schirra's assertion that his Gemini mission, rather than his Mercury or Apollo flights, was his greatest accomplishment. It is telling, and accurate, that he titles the Gemini section of the book "Bridge to the Moon", affording due respect to that critical but much underrated part of the NASA lunar programme.

He praises others - fellow Mercury astronauts, pad leader Guenter Wendt, etc. - and limits criticism to situations and events, rather than individuals, viz his version of what happened with Mission Control during Apollo 7. In Schirra's comments on the disaster of Apollo 1, we perceive how he dealt with the death of colleagues: never thinking about it, despite the risks, but when it happens, mourning and then moving on.

The book carries a good selection of 36 black-and-white photos, including some rare ones, though they're not particularly well reproduced in this paperback edition.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent biography from one of space's true pioneers, 29 Jul 1999
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Wally Schirra does an excellent job in giving his first hand account of the NASA program, missions, and astronauts. His opinions really open you up to some insightful thoughts about the space program and those who were involved in it. The book is a quick read and feels as if Wally is talking right to you as he bounces forward and backward in history through his numerous stories. And a plus, the book came autographed from Wally himself!
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2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Version of the Moon Landing Story
When I have seen interviews with Wally Schirra, I have found him to be the most candid and most comical of the original astronauts involved in the U.S. Read more
Published on 2 May 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth reading.
I learned from this book how the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo astronauts saw themselves not only as the guys who flew the spacecraft, but as the ones who built them. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb!
Schirra, goes from being the son of two pilot parents in Oradell, New Jersey, to being a test flight in the Navy, to being a weapons designer, to being an Astronaut and beyond... Read more
Published on 15 April 1998

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