"Live from Cape Canaveral"
"Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today Jay Barbree,
Publisher: Collins
ISBN: 0061233927
DDC: 629.450973
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-09-01
Summary:
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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