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A worthy addition to the recent torrent of books about the American space program.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSpaceflight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Provides a very personal look at America's manned space program from a veteran reporter who has covered the shuttle's ups and downs for more than 20 years.\"--Bill Harwood, CBS News\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A refreshingly candid look at the U.S. space program at this crucial juncture. Duggins's enthusiasm for space flight enhances his ability to explore tough questions about NASA's ability to plan for its next giant leap.\"--David Brancaccio, Host of \"NOW\" on PBS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Artfully merges excellent reporting with great writing to chronicle the highs and lows of the Space Shuttle program, along with rare astronaut anecdotes about what it's really like to fly to space and back.\"--Craig Covault, senior editor, \u003ci\u003eAviation Week \u0026amp; Space Technology Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFinal Countdown\u003c\/i\u003e,Pat Duggins chronicles the milestones, the setbacks, the breakthroughs, and the breakdowns of the Space Shuttle program. 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It also examines the plans and early development of the space agency's next major effort: the Orion Crew Exploration Capsule. Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident \"\"space expert,\"\" chronicles the planning stages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut it down. As a rookie reporter visiting the Kennedy Space Center hangar to view the Challenger wreckage, Duggins was in a unique position to offer a poignant eyewitness account of NASA's first shuttle disaster. In \"\"Final Countdown\"\", he recounts the agency's struggle to rebound after the Challenger and Columbia tragedies, and explores how politics, scientific entrepreneurship, and the human drive for exploration have impacted the program in sometimes unexpected ways. Duggins has covered eighty-six shuttle missions, and his twenty-year working relationship with NASA has given him unprecedented access to personnel. \"\"Final Countdown\"\" is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50335102370065,"sku":"GOR006259752","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50367000084753,"sku":"CIN081303146XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/081303146X.jpg?v=1764845101"},{"product_id":"trailblazing-mars-book-pat-duggins-9780813054810","title":"Trailblazing Mars","description":"Travel to and from Mars has long been a staple of science fiction. And yet the hurdles--both technological and financial--have kept human exploration of the red planet from becoming a reality. Trailblazing Mars offers an inside look at the current efforts to fulfill this dream.  Award-winning journalist Pat Duggins examines the extreme new challenges that will be faced by astronauts on the journey there and back. They'll have to grow their own food, find their own water, and solve their own problems and emergencies without hope of rescue or re-supply. Mars travel will be more challenging and hazardous than settling the Old West--but we were not witness to the fate of the Donner Party on CNN.  Can the technological hurdles be cleared? Will the public accept the very real possibility of astronaut death? Should a mission be publicly or privately funded? Is the science worth the cost? 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Read on.--Bill Nye the Science Guy(R) and executive director of The Planetary SocietyFrom the Mariner probes of the 1960s to the rovers  and  from fanciful human travel in science fiction to realities for human exploration in the future, this book places into context the lure of the red planet and our desire to know it better.SpiritOpportunity,--Roger Launius, Senior Curator, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian InstitutionMars may be the destination, but the book is really a study of the people who have taken us as far as we have come. Duggins has written a marvelous book, sure to inspire our imaginations and remind us that all space travel ultimately arises from human ingenuity.--Howard McCurdy, author of Space and the American Imagination Travel to and from Mars has long been a staple of science fiction. And yet the hurdles--both technological and financial--have kept human exploration of the red planet from becoming a reality. 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