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Test pilot Stafford provides insight into space policy and his role in promoting exploration and cooperation between Russia and the U.S. His memoir starts with his early successes as a test pilot, astronaut and USAF general, and includes his unofficial role as America's space ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Cold War as well as his present activities which include designing and evaluating the space shuttle, Mir, and the international space station.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
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What an amazing career. Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test pilot (28,547 mph), carried a cosmonaut's coffin with Soviet Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, led the team that designed the sequence of missions leading to the original lunar landing, and drafted the original specifications for the B-2 stealth bomber on a piece of hotel stationery. But his crowning achievement was surely his role as America's unofficial space ambassador to the Soviet Union during the darkest days of the Cold War.
Stafford has continued in this leadership role right up to the present, participating in designing and evaluating the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station. He is truly an American hero who personifies the broadest spirit of exploration and cooperation.
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Test pilot Stafford provides insight into space policy and his role in promoting exploration and cooperation between Russia and the U.S. His memoir starts with his early successes as a test pilot, astronaut and USAF general, and includes his unofficial role as America's space ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Cold War as well as his present activities which include designing and evaluating the space shuttle, Mir, and the international space station. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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