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Perfect gift for all the ages. Live the history and leadership of Manned Space Flight...... the Missions that all Countries Celebrated together in Peace and Joy,

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1 author picked Highways Into Space as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I enjoyed this book because it describes one of the very first Flight Directors; one that people don’t know much about; Glynn Lunney. He was a relatively quiet person but extremely intelligent and capable. He is best known for his leadership in the control center during the Apollo XIII mission and during the Apollo Soyuz mission. He also was the Flight Dynamics Branch Chief that included all of the "Trench" Flight Controllers. 

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