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Paperback Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded Book

ISBN: 1557538298

ISBN13: 9781557538291

Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom, Revised and Expanded

(Part of the Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series)

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Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs. Killed along with his crew in a launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, Grissom also lost his chance to walk on the moon and return to describe his journey. Others went in his place. The stories of the moon walkers are familiar. Less appreciated are Grissom's contributions.

The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be...

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