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OverviewOne of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. His story has never been told-until now. The Astronaut Maker takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power, from young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center. During a thirty-seven-year career, mostly out of the spotlight, he oversaw the selection of every astronaut class from 1978 to 1987, deciding who got to fly and when. He was with the Apollo 1 astronauts the night before the fatal fire in January 1967. He was in mission control the night of the Apollo 13 accident and organised the recovery effort. Abbey also led NASA's recruitment of women and minorities as space shuttle astronauts and was responsible for hiring Sally Ride. The Astronaut Maker is the ultimate insider's account of ambition and power politics at NASA. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael CassuttPublisher: Chicago Review Press Imprint: Chicago Review Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.889kg ISBN: 9781613737002ISBN 10: 1613737009 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 15 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThe real book about the manned space program would be a book about George Abbey. --Richard Truly, former astronaut and administrator of NASA NASA buffs will be fascinated by this profile of an undervalued figure whose most significant legacy, Cassutt concludes, was at the human level--making 'spaceflight available to all, regardless of citizenship, gender, color, or ethnic background.' - Publishers Weekly ""NASA buffs will be fascinated by this profile of an undervalued figure whose most significant legacy, Cassutt concludes, was at the human levelmaking 'spaceflight available to all, regardless of citizenship, gender, color, or ethnic background.'"" - Publishers Weekly ""The real book about the manned space program would be a book about George Abbey."" Richard Truly, former astronaut and administrator of NASA Author InformationMichael Cassuttis the coauthor of DEKE!, the autobiography of astronaut Donald K. ""Deke"" Slayton, and We Have Capture, the autobiography of astronaut Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, and the author of three editions of Who's Who in Space (1987, 1993, 1999). He has also written eight space-themed novels and thirty short stories published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction and elsewhere. As a television writer and producer, Cassutt has been a member of the writing team of a dozen different series, from The Twilight Zone to Max Headroom to The Dead Zone. He is currently coexecutive producer of SyFy Channel's series Z Nation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |