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Ladataan... Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age (1998)Tekijä: Leslie Haynsworth
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Author describes a Mercury Astronaut experimental program started in 1961 with a handful of top women aviators. They were subjected to the same rigorous medical tests given to male astronauts and performed just as well, but it was ultimately decided by Congress (thanks in part to testimony by John Glenn and Jackie Cochran) that women should not be allowed to participate in the astronaut program. Given that the book began with women watching the 1995 Space Shuttle flight piloted by Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, I expected the book to cover the time span up to that point in as much detail as it did the rest of aviation history for females. (I guess I hadn't read the second part of the book title at that point). I almost feel like there needs to be a volume 2 to discuss women finally being selected for and participating in the astronaut program and what they experienced while in that in addition to the history of which women flew what missions and leading up to the end of the Space Shuttle missions. That said, I found the history interesting and found myself being drawn back to reading the book time and time again when I should have been doing something else. These women truly were pioneers for their time and inspirations for the next generations of women in air and space. (Those interested can read more about the early women astronaut testing in "The Mercury 13".) näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"In 1942, with war raging on two fronts and military pilots in short supply, the U.S. Army Air Force launched a small, cautious experiment - it invited a handful of skilled female aviators to serve in its Ferrying Division, delivering military planes from factories to air bases all over the country. Eventually, more than one thousand women served their country as Women's Airforce Service Pilots. These women were much more than subs - they flew B-26s when men were afraid to, flew every aircraft in the inventory of the U.S. Army Air Force, and logged over six million miles in all kinds of weather. Led by the famous aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran, these forgotten women were superb pilots, the equals of any fighter jock." "In 1961, Dr. Randolph Lovelace, a member of NASA's Life Sciences Committee, invited thirteen women to participate in what he termed a "Women in Space" program. The women were given cause to hope that NASA would allow at least one of them to fly as an astronaut. The matter went as far as Congress, where it was debated in two days of dramatic hearings that included testimony from astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Unfortunately, although these women had the right stuff, it was the wrong time for women in space." "This is a story of dreams fulfilled and dreams deferred, a story of fierce patriotism, courage, and heartbreak, and a story of two generations of women aviators who have too long been forgotten."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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