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Mar 17, 2015
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I read Frank Borman's autobiography just for his account of the pioneering Apollo 8 mission, which has been afforded far less coverage in history than it deserves.
By all accounts, Borman was a fairly humorless, hard-driving commander, and this book does not dispel that notion. His prose is appropriately firm and dry.
The book is notable for Borman's coverage of the Apollo 204 (aka 'Apollo 1') fire and its aftermath. Borman headed a tiger team of NASA astronauts and engineers which worked closely ...more
By all accounts, Borman was a fairly humorless, hard-driving commander, and this book does not dispel that notion. His prose is appropriately firm and dry.
The book is notable for Borman's coverage of the Apollo 204 (aka 'Apollo 1') fire and its aftermath. Borman headed a tiger team of NASA astronauts and engineers which worked closely ...more
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