Endurance: My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery By Scott Kelly

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NATIONAL BEST SELLERA stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both life-threatening and mundane: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home--an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on a previous mission, his twin brother's wife, American Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and determination resonate throughout, as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career, and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next, ultimately challenging, step in spaceflight. In Endurance, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the infinite wonder of the galaxy.

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I have two paths of reaction to this book. On the one hand, it was extremely interesting to read a first hand account of the path to being an astronaut -- the educational path, the selection process, the training. Also that there are different paths that impact one's interest and role in space: test pilot vs. scientist. I was truly ignorant without a thought about the differences between the space shuttle era, and the space station era. I didn't know anything about the space station or it's development until reading this, nor did I have any interest at all. But after reading this book I spent a few hours watching every video I could find that toured the space station, or demonstrated how astronauts do everyday tasks in space. It was generally a great read, and very engaging -- and we're talking about a reader who generally isn't interested in space. There were a few places where it got bogged down in the technical; and the pattern of alternating chapters of different time periods was distracting. I would have enjoyed it more were it linear.So that was the good part of the book, and why I recommend it. What I didn't like was the impression I was left with about Scott Kelly himself, and some personal choices he made in the book. I was pre-disposed to like him, but walked away not liking him (dislike might be strong). What bothered me were his comments about his first wife, and not wanting to marry her; as well as subsequent negative comments about her. True or not, it really wasn't necessary to share this -- it had no connection to the rest of the story, and wasn't necessary for explaining their eventual divorce. I could only think of his daughters -- who aren't that old (the oldest was a teenager during the narrative) -- reading this. It may be true, but not something you want to read in print about your parents along with a million other people. (And his attempts as times to make positive comments about her seem really forced -- you can't un-ring a bell.) So he chose to share all of that, but then the Lisa Nowak matter is weirdly handled -- or not handled. She was a classmate, coworker, and someone he knew for a long time. He makes a couple comments about her being obsessive, and getting her moved to another flight team. But the books skips over a big period of time and conveniently does not address her "trip to Florida." It also does not cover his public comments in the aftermath regarding alcohol use among astronauts. Even if for some reason he (or the editor, or legal) didn't want to go into the entire saga, it's weird to pretend like it didn't happen given everything else that was covered. At least an acknowledgement of some kind would have made sense. At any rate, while the editorial decision about the omission might have been someone else's, the editorial decision about including such negative comments about his first wife were his.

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