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"Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today Hardcover – Bargain Price, August 28, 2007

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Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that fizzled as often as they soared. In "Live from Cape Canaveral," Barbree—the only reporter who has covered every mission flown by astronauts—offers his unique perspective on the space program. He shares affectionate portraits of astronauts as well as some of his fellow journalists and tells some very funny behind-the-scenes stories—many involving astronaut pranks. Barbree also shows how much the space program and its press coverage have changed over time. Warm and perceptive, he reminds us just how thrilling the great moments of the space race were and why America fell in love with its heroic, sometimes larger–than–life astronauts.

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0061233927
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NBC TV reporter Barbree will be a familiar figure to many readers for his frequent appearances on the Today show and his decadeslong coverage of the space program. As a cub radio announcer in Georgia in the late 1950s, Barbree (coauthor of Moon Shot) realized the next big story was taking place on the rocket launch pad in Florida. He began a string of scoops early on when, hiding in a men's room stall, he heard that a satellite launch would carry the first broadcast from space, a recorded message from President Eisenhower. Barbree's inside access allows him to give pungent details: in 1961, [t]he astronauts' crew quarters... were smelly, military, uncomfortable and too damn close to the chimpanzees' colony (a chimp having preceded man into space). While recounting the exploits of the early cowboy astronauts, he gives equal time to the tragedies of Apollo 1 and Challenger (he broke the story on the cause of the shuttle's disaster) and the near-tragedy of Apollo 13. Barbree writes with infectious enthusiasm about the glory days of space exploration, and his book will be an enjoyable introduction for a new generation and a fond remembrance for boomers. (Sept.)
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Barbree got his first taste of covering the space race in 1957 when he did a cursory radio report on the launch of Russia's Sputnik 1 launch, the satellite that finally lit a match under the lagging efforts of U.S. space exploration. In this engrossing memoir, he retraces the politicsdomestic and internationalas well as the science and technology behind the U.S. space program. Barbree has covered every mission flown by astronauts from Sputnik to the failed U.S. Vanguard, later triumphs and the tragedies of Challenger and Columbia, and the drama of Apollo 13. He includes firsthand details on the personalities behind the missions: Werner von Braun, the German-born scientist who pushed to start the U.S. program, and astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and others. With obvious love of his work, Barbree offers dramatic descriptions of the launches and revealing looks at the camaraderie among the astronauts and the reporters who covered the beat. A fascinating look at the people behind the U.S. space program. Bush, Vanessa

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithsonian; First Edition (August 28, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061233927
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061233920
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.09 x 9 inches

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A Major Opportunity Lost

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 12, 2007

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When I first heard about Jay Barbree's "Live from Cape Canaveral," I had high hopes for it. I expected it to be a memoir of one of radio and television's longest-serving and most-respected space reporters, a man who covered America's space program "live from Cape Canaveral" virtually since its inception. I looked forward to reading the "untold" story of the developing relationship between the space program and the media, back in the pre-cable, pre-satellite days of black-and-white television and rabbit-ear antennas. I eagerly anticipated gaining new insights into the astronauts and into other space reporters of the early days--men such as Walter Cronkite and Jules Bergman--based on Mr. Barbree's personal knowledge. I expected to read previously unpublished, behind-the-scenes revelations about the nation's space missions from someone who had "been there and done that" since day one.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed on all counts.

"Live from Cape Canaveral" is basically nothing more than an extremely superficial summary of American manned space missions. And I do mean superficial. The entire Skylab flight program, for example, gets literally one short paragraph, with absolutely no mention of the near-loss of the orbital workshop on launch, or the heroic and successful efforts of three astronaut crews to restore it to habitability. In "Live from Cape Canaveral," Mr. Barbree does not take advantage of his position, his longevity as a spaceflight journalist or his alleged "insider" knowledge to add anything to the literature of American spaceflight. He passed up a golden opportunity to contribute worthwhile new information to the historical record in favor of simply re-hashing the same stories that have been told countless times before. And, as other reviewers have correctly pointed out, there are many inexcusable technical and factual errors from someone who claims to be the "go-to guy" for spaceflight questions.

"Live from Cape Canaveral" never lives up to its intriguing premise. While it is well-written and fast-paced, it could have been so much more. If you're a serious space enthusiast, I recommend you give it a pass--there's nothing here you haven't read before.

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NASA Live from the Cape from a man who saw the whole Manned NASA Space Program

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I grew up listening to the NASA space launches, from seeing the first Mercury astronauts on TV to seeing men on the moon, the Hubble telescope launch- and repairs. I saw Challenger blow up live on CNN, and the ISS built, and the first crew moving into their new space home. I thought I knew all that had happened. Wow! Was I wrong!! I didn't know the half of it!! Read this book, and find out about the other half of NASA and the Space Race from the man who covered it for half a century, the man who knew the participants and what really happened!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2007

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I was interviewed by Mr. Barbree in 1966 when I was a young engineer with McDonnell working on the Gemini project. McDonnell had sent me to the Cape to support the Gemini 9A ATDA target launch and I was working the night shift atop the Pad 14 gantry when Mr. Barbree appeared, began asking me questions and taking notes. I doubt that I was able to tell him anything worthwhile, as I was much too nervous about being interviewed by a national correspondent.

So it was with great expectation that I ordered his book. Alas, I was most disappointed when I finished it. Given his long career covering the space program, I expected there to be no (or very few) technical or factual errors, yet the book is full of them. There is interesting material included, but I began to become very distracted by the many inaccuracies. They definitely hampered my enjoyment.

People not familiar with the history of the space program will probably not notice most of them, but that is not the point; he should have done better.

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The ultimate space story insider tells all

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Most enjoyable book that we are reading aloud as family. This guy was the ultimate insider to decades of the Space program and writes so you don’t want the book to end

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Rick

He was there and knows his s—t.

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I followed the space program from Al Shepard to Space X, this guy knows his stuff. He brings insight about the space program that could only be known from people on the “inside”. I hope if you select this book you will feel the same.

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Readable, Complete History of US Manned Spacefflight

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This book is a quick, easy read that covers the entire history of the United States manned spaceflight program. I have read many biographies of people inside NASA and this book does not go into the detail that any of those books do. But it has the advantage of covering everything from the Mercury 7 to the Columbia disaster. I also found the perspective of an outsider interesting compared to that of the insiders from within NASA. At times Barbee is a little toward fawning about astronauts and I would have liked to have even more history about the press perspective. But overall, I would recommend this book.

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Perfect condition - Great book

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2019

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Well-written book from a guy that has been there for just about everything involving the space program.

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