Off the Planet : Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir

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I just couldn't get into it. I enjoyed the first chapter, but then it just seemed like he was bragging on himself. Granted he has reason to brag, but it took too long to get through his credentials and I like things to be in a story format.

from CharityBradford

I just couldn't get into it. I enjoyed the first chapter, but then it just seemed like he was bragging on himself. Granted he has reason to brag, but it took too long to get through his credentials and I like things to be in a story format.

from SebastianHagelstein

Jerry Linenger was a U.S. astronaut stationed on the decrepit and deteriorating Russian space station Mir. This book exposes the corruption in the Russian space program and the fact that the crew wasn't a priority. Reading about space travel and life on Mir was cool.

from foof2you

A first hand account of a space disaster that almost brought destroyed the Mir space station. Jerry Linnenger's account of his time aboard the Mir space station is very compelling. We learn just how bad the fire was and just how close they came to aborting the mission.

from hcubic

The word "Surviving" should probably be underlined in the title of this first-hand account by an American astro/cosmonaut of his experiences aboard Mir. There is precious little science in this book, but a great deal about living at the mercy of technology and Russian bureaucracy. Even though the...