text Calculated risk : the supersonic life and times of Gus Grissom
- Summary
- Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs save for an account of his role in the Gemini program before the tragic launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, which took his life and those of Edw... Read more
- Contents
- Introduction : pure oxygen -- 1926 -- Work -- Purdue -- Wingman -- Test pilot -- Mercury seven -- Extracurricular activities -- The flight of Liberty Bell 7 -- Down a peg -- Apogee -- Risk and reward -- How astronauts talk -- Front of the line -- ... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xiii, 378 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press 2016
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 GRISSOM, GUS LEO in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 921 GRISSOM, GUS LEO in Adult Non-fiction | Available |