Entering Space: An Astronauts O [Hardcover]

Joseph Allen (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Gramercy; Rev Enl edition (August 13, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517641836
• ISBN-13: 978-0517641835
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,622,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, November 8, 2005

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A. Stewart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey (Hardcover)

I was browsing through a Half Price Books store a couple of years ago when this book caught my eye. The detail and insight astronaut Joseph Allen provides almost gives you the sensation that you're floating beside the astronauts on the shuttle, but he never dives too deep into minute technical details that would make the journey dull or boring. However, the photos are the book's real centerpiece; it features over 200 large, full-color photographs that document spaceflight from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle.

I'm an Aerospace engineer, and I hope to become an astronaut one day. This is the book I reach for when I'm in need of some inspiration.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fabulous Collection of Photographs from Space, September 11, 2004

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T. Hagan (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey (Hardcover)

Joe Allen has a great eye and this inspiring collection of phototgraphs from space, many taken by Allen himself, is a treasure. His commentary is intelligent, human and humorous. A keeper for sure.