Endurance
A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
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Beschreibung des Verlags
From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.
As soon as you realize you aren’t going to die, space is the most fun you’ll ever have...
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will.
Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what’s happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home.
From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.
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What readers are saying...
'Takes you up into space and lets you be a part of astronaut life'
'Tough to put down! Tells a side you don't often hear or read about for that matter'
'Mind blowing . . . up there with Ernest Shackleton for me'
'My husband said it is the next best thing to going into space yourself'
'Six stars!'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Recently retired astronaut Kelly who holds the American record for the longest consecutive stretch of days in space brings a no-nonsense, straightforward style of delivery to the audio edition of his memoir. A New Jersey native whose father and mother were police officers, Kelly embarked on his NASA career after service as a Navy pilot. In the book he tackles such weighty matters as marriage and family struggles, personal and national tragedies, and the loneliness of extended missions on the International Space Station. He doesn't miss a beat with regard to enunciation and pronunciation and shifts gears smoothly between the space travelogue and biographical threads. His anecdotes about cross-cultural relationships with Russian cosmonauts on the station along with quotidian details about to eating and going to the bathroom in space provide an opportunity for his droll wit to shine through. Listeners with at least some appreciation for deadpan delivery will be satisfied. A Knopf hardcover.
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Persönliche Erlebnisse gespickt mit Stereotypen
Ich habe das Buch jetzt zu ca. einem Drittel gelesen. Neben persönlichen Erlebnisse und autobiographischen Erzählungen verliert sich der Autor leider allzu oft in der Bedienung von russischen Stereotypen. Die Russen im Buch sind entweder besoffen oder technologisch rückständig, scheinbar ohne es zu wissen und nur dank eines amerikanischen Astronauten erfahren sie dies nun im Rahmen dieses Buches. Ich lese mal weiter, aber für jemanden, der angeblich die Gemeinschaft auf der ISS zwischen allen Nationen schätzt ist es mir dann doch zu sehr „von oben herab“ geschrieben. Die hochtechnisierten Amerikaner bekommen keine Menschen auf die ISS, da kann die angeblich so rückschrittliche Technik der Russen so schlecht wohl nicht sein.