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袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨
校 1978 褉芯褑褨 锌械褉褕褍 谐褉褍锌褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪芯谐芯 褕邪褌谢邪 鈥� 写胁邪写褑褟褌褜 写械胁鈥櫻徰傃� 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻褨胁 褨 褕褨褋褌褜 卸褨薪芯泻, 褟泻褨 锌褉芯胁械写褍褌褜 胁 袧袗小袗 薪邪泄斜褍褉褏谢懈胁褨褕褨 褉芯泻懈 锌褉芯谐褉邪屑懈 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪懈褏 褕邪褌谢褨胁 鈥� 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈谢懈 锌褍斜谢褨褑褨. 小械褉械写 薪懈褏 斜褍胁 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻 袙袩小 小楔袗 袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪, 褟泻懈泄 褍 褋胁芯褩褏 屑械屑褍邪褉邪褏 芦袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨禄 褉芯蟹胁褨褞褦 谐械褉芯褩褔薪懈泄 芯褉械芯谢 薪邪胁泻芯谢芯 泻芯褉锌褍褋褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 褨 蟹芯斜褉邪卸褍褦 褩褏 褌邪泻懈屑懈, 褟泻懈屑懈 胁芯薪懈 褦 鈥� 蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪懈屑懈 谢褞写褜屑懈.
袉褋褌芯褉褨褩 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 褔邪褋芯屑 薪械锌褉懈褋褌芯泄薪褨, 褔邪褋褌芯 泻芯屑褨褔薪褨, 邪谢械 蟹邪胁卸写懈 褑褨泻邪胁褨. 袙褨薪 褟褋泻褉邪胁芯 芯锌懈褋褍褦 胁褋褨 邪褋锌械泻褌懈 写芯褋胁褨写褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌邪, 褌邪 褦 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻芯 褔械褋薪懈屑 褍 褋胁芯褩泄 泻褉懈褌懈褑褨 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁邪 袧袗小袗, 褔懈褟 锌芯屑懈谢泻邪 锌褉懈蟹胁械谢邪 写芯 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪禄 褍 1986 褉芯褑褨 褌邪 蟹邪谐懈斜械谢褨 褔芯褌懈褉褜芯褏 褔谢械薪褨胁 泄芯谐芯 谐褉褍锌懈. 芦袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨禄 鈥� 褑械 胁械褋械谢邪, 褖懈褉邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 卸懈褌褌褟 胁 褍褋褨泄 泄芯谐芯 写芯谢械薪芯褋薪褨泄 薪械胁懈蟹薪邪褔械薪芯褋褌褨.
袉褋褌芯褉褨褩 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 褔邪褋芯屑 薪械锌褉懈褋褌芯泄薪褨, 褔邪褋褌芯 泻芯屑褨褔薪褨, 邪谢械 蟹邪胁卸写懈 褑褨泻邪胁褨. 袙褨薪 褟褋泻褉邪胁芯 芯锌懈褋褍褦 胁褋褨 邪褋锌械泻褌懈 写芯褋胁褨写褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌邪, 褌邪 褦 卸芯褉褋褌芯泻芯 褔械褋薪懈屑 褍 褋胁芯褩泄 泻褉懈褌懈褑褨 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁邪 袧袗小袗, 褔懈褟 锌芯屑懈谢泻邪 锌褉懈蟹胁械谢邪 写芯 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪禄 褍 1986 褉芯褑褨 褌邪 蟹邪谐懈斜械谢褨 褔芯褌懈褉褜芯褏 褔谢械薪褨胁 泄芯谐芯 谐褉褍锌懈. 芦袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨禄 鈥� 褑械 胁械褋械谢邪, 褖懈褉邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 卸懈褌褌褟 胁 褍褋褨泄 泄芯谐芯 写芯谢械薪芯褋薪褨泄 薪械胁懈蟹薪邪褔械薪芯褋褌褨.
528 pages, Hardcover
First published January 24, 2006
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Mike Mullane
6听books23听followersRichard Michael Mullane is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut.
During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.
During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.
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December 8, 2014
Between this book and Packing for Mars I know way more about pooping in space than I ever wanted to鈥�..
Mike Mullane鈥檚 childhood fascination with space travel gave him the determination to become one of the first groups of astronauts chosen for the space shuttle program, and eventually he made three trips into orbit. Despite eyesight bad enough to prevent him from being a pilot, he was also an Air Force officer who flew combat missions in Vietnam as the weapons system operator. (Like Goose in Top Gun.) He鈥檚 traveled the world and has a lot of funny stories about meeting famous people like hobnobbing with Christie Brinkley at a Super Bowl and getting a tour of the White House while cracking jokes with Barbara Bush. While he鈥檚 justifiably proud of his achievements, he鈥檚 also got a self-deprecating sense of humor that shows he doesn鈥檛 take himself too seriously.
All in all, Mullane has lived a life that鈥檚 going to make most of us seem about as interesting as a bowl of cottage cheese by comparison, and he鈥檇 probably be entertaining as hell if you had a couple of beers with him. He鈥檚 amusing at providing the details about what it鈥檚 like to be in space including oversharing a bit on the Viagra effect of zero-G as well as a step-by-step explanation of using the toilet. However, despite having the subtitle of 鈥淭he Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut鈥�, I didn鈥檛 find any of the tales that outrageous or different from other books I鈥檝e read from people involved in the space program.
Since the shuttle missions were mainly about delivering freight to space, they just aren鈥檛 that exciting unless something went horribly wrong. It doesn鈥檛 help that two of Mullane鈥檚 three missions involved putting top secret military hardware into orbit so he can鈥檛 even talk about the details of those because they're classified. I feel silly saying that a guy writing about riding a giant tank of burning rocket fuel into space seems kind of routine, but when I contrast this with something like Jim Lovell鈥檚 Lost Moon, in which Lovell recounts not only his life story but the life-threatening Apollo 13 mission, then this seems kind of tame by comparison despite Mullane鈥檚 efforts to convey the wonderous nature of viewing the Earth from orbit. (In fairness, part of the reason I checked this out was because Andy Weir鈥檚 The Martian gave me a tremendous hankering to read something from a smart-ass astronaut鈥檚 point of view, but it鈥檚 really not fair to compare the fictional Mark Watney to the real life of Mullane.)
What I did find intriguing was Mullane鈥檚 frankness when discussing the shuttle program, NASA management and his own obsession with getting into space. He doesn鈥檛 hedge when saying that after NASA completed the greatest engineering project in history by getting to the moon that it was turned into a freight hauling service with demands to become cost effective by politicians and bureaucrats who treated the shuttle like a commercial jetliner instead of the high risk experimental aircraft it was. He鈥檚 highly critical of the NASA management that let a secretive process to select flight crews turn the astronaut鈥檚 office into a seething stew of paranoia, fear and frustration. Mullane plainly lays the blame for the Challenger and Columbia disasters on the culture that resulted from these factors. He also confesses that like most of the other astronauts he was so desperate to get into space that he ignored safety concerns, and that he often put his own family second to his career.
Mullane is also brutally honest when recounting the casual sexism that he and the other astronauts engaged in when they were training with America鈥檚 first female astronauts. As someone who had gone to the all-male West Point as well as being a military officer, Mullane鈥檚 background had been almost exclusively male, and he admits to behaving like a jerk at times. However, he would grow to respect most of the female astronauts and would develop a strong friendship with Judith Resnik who would later be killed on-board Challenger. He was far less friendly with Sally Ride, and one gets the impression that the two of them probably didn鈥檛 exchange Christmas cards.
While I enjoyed his story as well as his frankness, in the end I wish that NASA had come up with a grander mission for a guy like Mike Mullane rather than risking his life to put satellites into orbit.
Mike Mullane鈥檚 childhood fascination with space travel gave him the determination to become one of the first groups of astronauts chosen for the space shuttle program, and eventually he made three trips into orbit. Despite eyesight bad enough to prevent him from being a pilot, he was also an Air Force officer who flew combat missions in Vietnam as the weapons system operator. (Like Goose in Top Gun.) He鈥檚 traveled the world and has a lot of funny stories about meeting famous people like hobnobbing with Christie Brinkley at a Super Bowl and getting a tour of the White House while cracking jokes with Barbara Bush. While he鈥檚 justifiably proud of his achievements, he鈥檚 also got a self-deprecating sense of humor that shows he doesn鈥檛 take himself too seriously.
All in all, Mullane has lived a life that鈥檚 going to make most of us seem about as interesting as a bowl of cottage cheese by comparison, and he鈥檇 probably be entertaining as hell if you had a couple of beers with him. He鈥檚 amusing at providing the details about what it鈥檚 like to be in space including oversharing a bit on the Viagra effect of zero-G as well as a step-by-step explanation of using the toilet. However, despite having the subtitle of 鈥淭he Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut鈥�, I didn鈥檛 find any of the tales that outrageous or different from other books I鈥檝e read from people involved in the space program.
Since the shuttle missions were mainly about delivering freight to space, they just aren鈥檛 that exciting unless something went horribly wrong. It doesn鈥檛 help that two of Mullane鈥檚 three missions involved putting top secret military hardware into orbit so he can鈥檛 even talk about the details of those because they're classified. I feel silly saying that a guy writing about riding a giant tank of burning rocket fuel into space seems kind of routine, but when I contrast this with something like Jim Lovell鈥檚 Lost Moon, in which Lovell recounts not only his life story but the life-threatening Apollo 13 mission, then this seems kind of tame by comparison despite Mullane鈥檚 efforts to convey the wonderous nature of viewing the Earth from orbit. (In fairness, part of the reason I checked this out was because Andy Weir鈥檚 The Martian gave me a tremendous hankering to read something from a smart-ass astronaut鈥檚 point of view, but it鈥檚 really not fair to compare the fictional Mark Watney to the real life of Mullane.)
What I did find intriguing was Mullane鈥檚 frankness when discussing the shuttle program, NASA management and his own obsession with getting into space. He doesn鈥檛 hedge when saying that after NASA completed the greatest engineering project in history by getting to the moon that it was turned into a freight hauling service with demands to become cost effective by politicians and bureaucrats who treated the shuttle like a commercial jetliner instead of the high risk experimental aircraft it was. He鈥檚 highly critical of the NASA management that let a secretive process to select flight crews turn the astronaut鈥檚 office into a seething stew of paranoia, fear and frustration. Mullane plainly lays the blame for the Challenger and Columbia disasters on the culture that resulted from these factors. He also confesses that like most of the other astronauts he was so desperate to get into space that he ignored safety concerns, and that he often put his own family second to his career.
Mullane is also brutally honest when recounting the casual sexism that he and the other astronauts engaged in when they were training with America鈥檚 first female astronauts. As someone who had gone to the all-male West Point as well as being a military officer, Mullane鈥檚 background had been almost exclusively male, and he admits to behaving like a jerk at times. However, he would grow to respect most of the female astronauts and would develop a strong friendship with Judith Resnik who would later be killed on-board Challenger. He was far less friendly with Sally Ride, and one gets the impression that the two of them probably didn鈥檛 exchange Christmas cards.
While I enjoyed his story as well as his frankness, in the end I wish that NASA had come up with a grander mission for a guy like Mike Mullane rather than risking his life to put satellites into orbit.
January 30, 2016
Mike Mullane is a shuttle astronaut with a penis fixation. Although Riding Rockets is ostensibly about the opening decades of the space shuttle era in NASA, it could be titled the Cosmic Adventures of Mike and his Member. If he doesn't mention his genitalia more times than he uses the acronym "NASA", he at least makes a valiant effort. His is an astronaut memoir of an altogether different kind than say, Jim Lovell's, or Deke Slayton's. This is not a heroic tale of people achieving the impossible:it is instead the story of a man-child and his bros in space. He is juvenile, inappropriate, and obsessed with himself --- but someone who has an interesting story to tell, one that sometimes verges on thoughtful, if you can endure his boorishness.
Riding Rockets gave me fits, being an uncomfortable read: Mullane has all the tact of a dog in heat, and writes almost confrontationally. His emotions are ever on his sleeves, and he dares anyone to challenge him. ("Come at me, bro!") His story is entertaining, and even touching -- there were times when I shook with laughter, and moments wherein I put the book away to put some distance myself and Mullane's emotions, like his despair at his friends' death following the Challenger explosion. Part of the appeal in reading the memoirs of astronauts is that they've seen Earth and humanity in a way the overwhelming majority of us haven't. A photo of Earthrise cannot have the same profound effect on people as actually being there, hanging in the black of space and seeing the Earth -- the stage for every human drama, the sum of our experienced lives -- shrinking below, the entirety of our existence reduced to a finite thing that can be left behind. Mullane can write beautifully, but instead he makes a lot of penis jokes, and those moments of author-reader connection were always broken by wanting to recoil from his personality.
Despite the sometimes beauty of his words, and his insights, Mullane is, candidly, a jackass. The image that comes to mind is that of a drunk teenager invading a bar, perhaps one who has just finished the greatest high school football game of his life and can't wait to impress his audience with it -- but is oblivious to the fact that he is in the company of grown adults who find his posturing and immense self-satisfaction wholly obnoxious. He identifies himself early on, and somewhat proudly, as being in a state of a Arrested Development, along with most of the astronaut corps. Having cheerfully written off his ability to function as a mature, considerate, and thoughtful human beings, he spends most of the book acting instead like a jackass -- ogling women, devoting paragraphs to how rockin' the bods of some of his female colleagues were; endlessly complaining and opining about everyone who thought or acted differently from himself, and of course, chatting merrily away about his penis. Inexplicably, he forgot to mention said organ in the index. It was certainly mentioned enough times to merit inclusion there. Charming he isn't, although his attempts at civilized behavior are almost comic. After dismissing civilian astronauts for being a bunch of pantywaisted granola-eating libtards -- in contradistinction to the solid, right-thinking, manly-man military pilots -- Mullane reflects on their performance throughout the shuttle missions and concludes, "Hey, those guys did have a pair. Not bad!"
I couldn't be impressed by Mullane. Behind the cocky grin and the swagger are thoughtful eyes and a mind that can deliver stirringly poetic tributes and reflections to friends, love, and the beauty of life , but these occasions are few and far between, diamonds in a rough possibly too broad to justify digging in. There aren't many astronaut memoirs about the shuttle program, but I'm planning on reading the other I've found (Sky Walking, Tom Jones) to see if readers interested in that era of NASA's history have to be content with this story of adolescents in space.
Riding Rockets gave me fits, being an uncomfortable read: Mullane has all the tact of a dog in heat, and writes almost confrontationally. His emotions are ever on his sleeves, and he dares anyone to challenge him. ("Come at me, bro!") His story is entertaining, and even touching -- there were times when I shook with laughter, and moments wherein I put the book away to put some distance myself and Mullane's emotions, like his despair at his friends' death following the Challenger explosion. Part of the appeal in reading the memoirs of astronauts is that they've seen Earth and humanity in a way the overwhelming majority of us haven't. A photo of Earthrise cannot have the same profound effect on people as actually being there, hanging in the black of space and seeing the Earth -- the stage for every human drama, the sum of our experienced lives -- shrinking below, the entirety of our existence reduced to a finite thing that can be left behind. Mullane can write beautifully, but instead he makes a lot of penis jokes, and those moments of author-reader connection were always broken by wanting to recoil from his personality.
Despite the sometimes beauty of his words, and his insights, Mullane is, candidly, a jackass. The image that comes to mind is that of a drunk teenager invading a bar, perhaps one who has just finished the greatest high school football game of his life and can't wait to impress his audience with it -- but is oblivious to the fact that he is in the company of grown adults who find his posturing and immense self-satisfaction wholly obnoxious. He identifies himself early on, and somewhat proudly, as being in a state of a Arrested Development, along with most of the astronaut corps. Having cheerfully written off his ability to function as a mature, considerate, and thoughtful human beings, he spends most of the book acting instead like a jackass -- ogling women, devoting paragraphs to how rockin' the bods of some of his female colleagues were; endlessly complaining and opining about everyone who thought or acted differently from himself, and of course, chatting merrily away about his penis. Inexplicably, he forgot to mention said organ in the index. It was certainly mentioned enough times to merit inclusion there. Charming he isn't, although his attempts at civilized behavior are almost comic. After dismissing civilian astronauts for being a bunch of pantywaisted granola-eating libtards -- in contradistinction to the solid, right-thinking, manly-man military pilots -- Mullane reflects on their performance throughout the shuttle missions and concludes, "Hey, those guys did have a pair. Not bad!"
I couldn't be impressed by Mullane. Behind the cocky grin and the swagger are thoughtful eyes and a mind that can deliver stirringly poetic tributes and reflections to friends, love, and the beauty of life , but these occasions are few and far between, diamonds in a rough possibly too broad to justify digging in. There aren't many astronaut memoirs about the shuttle program, but I'm planning on reading the other I've found (Sky Walking, Tom Jones) to see if readers interested in that era of NASA's history have to be content with this story of adolescents in space.
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笑械 斜褍谢邪 写褍卸械 锌芯褌褍卸薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟, 锌褉芯 泻褉褍褌芯谐芯 屑械薪邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 褌褉懈褔褨 谢褨褌邪胁 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋.
校 泻薪懈蟹褨 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 卸邪褉褌褨胁, 邪谢械 胁芯薪懈 写褍卸械 褏芯褉芯褕褨, 褉械邪谢褜薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 卸懈褌褌褟, 褟泻械 斜褍谢芯 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌械, 褏芯褔邪 蟹邪褉邪蟹 褍 袦邪泄泻邪 写褍屑邪褞 胁褋械 锌褍褔泻芯屑. 袙褨薪 蟹 褋械斜械 写芯斜褉褟褔械 褋褌褨斜邪胁褋褟 锌褉芯褌褟谐芯屑 锌械褉褨芯写褍 卸懈褌褌褟. 袩褉懈谐邪写褍褞, 褟泻 袣褨写褉褍泻 谢懈褕 褉芯蟹泻邪蟹褍胁邪胁 锌褉芯 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 褖芯 斜褍写械 胁懈写邪胁邪褌懈, 褟泻邪 胁芯薪邪 泻谢邪褋薪邪, 褨 胁芯薪邪 褌邪泻懈 泻谢邪褋薪褞褔邪.
袪芯蟹写褨谢 锌褉芯 写芯谢械薪芯褋薪械 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 蟹 写褉褍卸懈薪芯褞 - 锌芯褌褍卸薪懈泄. 袩褉芯 锌械褉褕懈泄 锌芯谢褨褌 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨 "袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨" 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈泄, 褟 锌褉褟屑 褋懈写褨胁 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹 泻芯屑邪薪写芯褞 褍 褕邪褌谢褨, 褨 胁懈谢邪蟹懈胁 薪邪蟹邪写, 斜芯 褋褌邪褉褌 褌褉懈褔褨 锌械褉械薪芯褋懈谢懈. 孝褉邪谐械写褨褟 "效械谢械薪写卸械褉邪", 写械 谐懈薪褍褌褜 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍蟹褨, 蟹 褟泻懈屑懈 胁褨薪 谢褨褌邪胁 褉邪蟹芯屑 褍 "袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨 " 褌邪泻芯卸 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 褋懈谢褜薪芯. 袘邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯 写褨蟹薪邪胁褋褟 褉械邪谢褜薪芯谐芯, 邪 薪械 褌械 褖芯 屑懈 斜邪褔懈屑芯 褍 褎褨谢褜屑邪褏. 笑褟 褩褏薪褟 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪邪 屑邪薪褌褉邪 "袣褉邪褖械 褌褉褍薪邪, 褔懈屑 谐邪薪褜斜邪", 褖芯斜 褌懈 斜褍胁 泻褉邪褖懈屑 褨 褋懈谢褜薪褨褕懈屑, 褨 薪械 写褍屑邪胁 褟泻 蟹褏邪谢褟胁懈褌懈. 携泻 胁芯薪懈 屑芯谢懈谢懈褋褟 褍 褕邪褌谢褨, 褖芯斜 褟泻褖芯 蟹邪谐懈薪褍褌懈, 褌芯 胁懈褖械 蟹邪 80000 泻屑, 斜芯 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌芯写褨 褌懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌, 写芯 褌芯谐芯 褌懈 薪褨褏褌芯 褨 - 泻褉邪褖械 褌褉褍薪邪, 褔懈屑 谐邪薪褜斜邪. 袦械写邪谢褨 蟹邪 褌邪褦屑薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩, 褟泻褨 屑芯卸薪邪 薪芯褋懈褌懈 谢懈褕械 褍 斜褍薪泻械褉褨. 袉 褖械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯. 笑械 斜褍谢邪 泻褉褍褌邪 锌芯写芯褉芯卸, 褟泻褍 褟 褉芯蟹褌褟谐褍胁邪胁 褟泻 屑褨谐, 褏芯褔邪 褉械邪谢褜薪芯 泻薪懈谐邪 褔懈褌邪谢邪褋褟 褕胁懈写泻芯.
笑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 胁褨薪 薪邪锌懈褋邪胁 褖械 写谢褟 褌芯谐芯: "褖芯斜懈 褋胁褨褌 斜芯写邪泄 褍褟胁谢褟胁 褌褍 褉邪写褨褋褌褜 褨 卸邪褏, 褔械褉械蟹 褟泻褨 锌褉芯褏芯写褟褌褜 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 褌邪 褩褏薪褨 褉褨写薪褨".
袧褍 褨 褟泻 褋懈谢褜薪芯 胁褨薪 褑褨薪褍褦 褋胁芯褞 写褉褍卸懈薪褍 褟泻邪: 胁褨褉懈谢邪, 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍胁邪谢邪, 褉芯褋褌懈谢邪 褌褉褜芯褏 写褨褌械泄, 褖芯斜 胁褨薪 蟹芯褋械褉械写懈胁褋褟 薪邪 褋胁芯褩泄 写懈褌褟褔褨泄 屑褉褨褩. 袛芯褔械泻邪谢邪褋褜 蟹 胁褨泄薪懈. 袩褉懈泄薪褟谢邪 褋谢褨锌懈泄 械谐芯褩蟹屑 褍 谐芯薪懈褌胁褨 蟹邪 锌褉懈蟹芯屑. 袙懈褌褉懈屑邪谢邪 卸邪褏 写械胁'褟褌褜芯褏 褋锌褉芯斜 蟹邪锌褍褋泻褍, 褕褨褋褌褜芯褏 锌褉芯褖邪薪褜 薪邪 斜械褉械蟹褨, 褕褨褋褌褜芯褏 锌芯褏芯写褨胁 薪邪 写邪褏 褑械薪褌褉褍 泻械褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 蟹邪锌褍褋泻褍 (褉芯写懈薪褨 屑芯卸薪邪 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪褌懈 蟹邪 胁褋褨屑, 胁褋械 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪 褩褏薪褨褏 芯褔邪褏 - 褕谢褟褏 褍 胁写褨胁褋褌胁芯), 芯写薪褍 胁褨写屑芯胁褍 写胁懈谐褍薪邪 薪褍 褨 褌褉懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌懈 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋 - 褑械 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈褔薪械 褖芯褋褜.
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笑械 斜褍谢邪 写褍卸械 锌芯褌褍卸薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟, 锌褉芯 泻褉褍褌芯谐芯 屑械薪邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 褌褉懈褔褨 谢褨褌邪胁 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋.
校 泻薪懈蟹褨 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 卸邪褉褌褨胁, 邪谢械 胁芯薪懈 写褍卸械 褏芯褉芯褕褨, 褉械邪谢褜薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟 卸懈褌褌褟, 褟泻械 斜褍谢芯 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌械, 褏芯褔邪 蟹邪褉邪蟹 褍 袦邪泄泻邪 写褍屑邪褞 胁褋械 锌褍褔泻芯屑. 袙褨薪 蟹 褋械斜械 写芯斜褉褟褔械 褋褌褨斜邪胁褋褟 锌褉芯褌褟谐芯屑 锌械褉褨芯写褍 卸懈褌褌褟. 袩褉懈谐邪写褍褞, 褟泻 袣褨写褉褍泻 谢懈褕 褉芯蟹泻邪蟹褍胁邪胁 锌褉芯 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 褖芯 斜褍写械 胁懈写邪胁邪褌懈, 褟泻邪 胁芯薪邪 泻谢邪褋薪邪, 褨 胁芯薪邪 褌邪泻懈 泻谢邪褋薪褞褔邪.
袪芯蟹写褨谢 锌褉芯 写芯谢械薪芯褋薪械 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁芯 蟹 写褉褍卸懈薪芯褞 - 锌芯褌褍卸薪懈泄. 袩褉芯 锌械褉褕懈泄 锌芯谢褨褌 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨 "袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨" 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈泄, 褟 锌褉褟屑 褋懈写褨胁 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹 泻芯屑邪薪写芯褞 褍 褕邪褌谢褨, 褨 胁懈谢邪蟹懈胁 薪邪蟹邪写, 斜芯 褋褌邪褉褌 褌褉懈褔褨 锌械褉械薪芯褋懈谢懈. 孝褉邪谐械写褨褟 "效械谢械薪写卸械褉邪", 写械 谐懈薪褍褌褜 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍蟹褨, 蟹 褟泻懈屑懈 胁褨薪 谢褨褌邪胁 褉邪蟹芯屑 褍 "袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨 " 褌邪泻芯卸 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 褋懈谢褜薪芯. 袘邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯 写褨蟹薪邪胁褋褟 褉械邪谢褜薪芯谐芯, 邪 薪械 褌械 褖芯 屑懈 斜邪褔懈屑芯 褍 褎褨谢褜屑邪褏. 笑褟 褩褏薪褟 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪邪 屑邪薪褌褉邪 "袣褉邪褖械 褌褉褍薪邪, 褔懈屑 谐邪薪褜斜邪", 褖芯斜 褌懈 斜褍胁 泻褉邪褖懈屑 褨 褋懈谢褜薪褨褕懈屑, 褨 薪械 写褍屑邪胁 褟泻 蟹褏邪谢褟胁懈褌懈. 携泻 胁芯薪懈 屑芯谢懈谢懈褋褟 褍 褕邪褌谢褨, 褖芯斜 褟泻褖芯 蟹邪谐懈薪褍褌懈, 褌芯 胁懈褖械 蟹邪 80000 泻屑, 斜芯 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌芯写褨 褌懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌, 写芯 褌芯谐芯 褌懈 薪褨褏褌芯 褨 - 泻褉邪褖械 褌褉褍薪邪, 褔懈屑 谐邪薪褜斜邪. 袦械写邪谢褨 蟹邪 褌邪褦屑薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩, 褟泻褨 屑芯卸薪邪 薪芯褋懈褌懈 谢懈褕械 褍 斜褍薪泻械褉褨. 袉 褖械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褑褨泻邪胁芯谐芯. 笑械 斜褍谢邪 泻褉褍褌邪 锌芯写芯褉芯卸, 褟泻褍 褟 褉芯蟹褌褟谐褍胁邪胁 褟泻 屑褨谐, 褏芯褔邪 褉械邪谢褜薪芯 泻薪懈谐邪 褔懈褌邪谢邪褋褟 褕胁懈写泻芯.
笑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 胁褨薪 薪邪锌懈褋邪胁 褖械 写谢褟 褌芯谐芯: "褖芯斜懈 褋胁褨褌 斜芯写邪泄 褍褟胁谢褟胁 褌褍 褉邪写褨褋褌褜 褨 卸邪褏, 褔械褉械蟹 褟泻褨 锌褉芯褏芯写褟褌褜 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 褌邪 褩褏薪褨 褉褨写薪褨".
袧褍 褨 褟泻 褋懈谢褜薪芯 胁褨薪 褑褨薪褍褦 褋胁芯褞 写褉褍卸懈薪褍 褟泻邪: 胁褨褉懈谢邪, 锌褨写褌褉懈屑褍胁邪谢邪, 褉芯褋褌懈谢邪 褌褉褜芯褏 写褨褌械泄, 褖芯斜 胁褨薪 蟹芯褋械褉械写懈胁褋褟 薪邪 褋胁芯褩泄 写懈褌褟褔褨泄 屑褉褨褩. 袛芯褔械泻邪谢邪褋褜 蟹 胁褨泄薪懈. 袩褉懈泄薪褟谢邪 褋谢褨锌懈泄 械谐芯褩蟹屑 褍 谐芯薪懈褌胁褨 蟹邪 锌褉懈蟹芯屑. 袙懈褌褉懈屑邪谢邪 卸邪褏 写械胁'褟褌褜芯褏 褋锌褉芯斜 蟹邪锌褍褋泻褍, 褕褨褋褌褜芯褏 锌褉芯褖邪薪褜 薪邪 斜械褉械蟹褨, 褕褨褋褌褜芯褏 锌芯褏芯写褨胁 薪邪 写邪褏 褑械薪褌褉褍 泻械褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 蟹邪锌褍褋泻褍 (褉芯写懈薪褨 屑芯卸薪邪 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪褌懈 蟹邪 胁褋褨屑, 胁褋械 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪 褩褏薪褨褏 芯褔邪褏 - 褕谢褟褏 褍 胁写褨胁褋褌胁芯), 芯写薪褍 胁褨写屑芯胁褍 写胁懈谐褍薪邪 薪褍 褨 褌褉懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌懈 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋 - 褑械 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈褔薪械 褖芯褋褜.
袛褍卸械 褉械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞!
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January 30, 2024泻薪懈卸泻邪 胁 卸邪薪褉褨 褔懈褌胁芯 写谢褟 斜邪褌褨. 胁褋械 卸 褌邪泻懈 胁 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褑褨胁 蟹芯胁褋褨屑 褨薪褕邪 褕泻芯谢邪 薪芯薪褎褨泻褍, 褌械泻褋褌 褋泻芯屑锌褨谢褜芯胁邪薪懈泄 薪械 谐褨褉褕械 蟹邪 斜褍写褜-褟泻褍 褏褍写芯卸泻褍: 褦 褨薪褌褉懈谐邪, 褋胁芯褩 谐械褉芯褩 褌邪 蟹谢芯写褨褩, 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪懈泄 褋褞卸械褌 褌邪 械屑芯褑褨泄薪邪 褋懈薪褍褋芯褩写邪. 邪谢械 褑械 写邪谢械泻芯 薪械 褨写械邪谢褜薪邪 泻薪懈卸泻邪.
褋锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 锌褉芯 锌谢褞褋懈, 褩褏 斜邪谐邪褌芯. 薪邪屑 胁 写械褌邪谢褟褏 锌芯褟褋薪褟褌褜 褟泻 锌褉邪褑褞褦 褕邪褌褌谢 (褌芯泄, 褖芯 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜), 褟泻芯谐芯 斜褨褋邪 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 薪械屑邪褦 褋懈褋褌械屑懈 邪胁邪褉褨泄薪芯褩 械胁邪泻褍邪褑褨褩 泄 褔芯屑褍 锌褨褋谢褟 褌邪泻芯褩 褍褋锌褨褕薪芯褩 袗锌芯谢谢芯, 袧袗小袗 褍褉褨蟹邪谢邪 褎褨薪邪薪褋褍胁邪薪薪褟 小锌械泄褋 楔邪褌褌谢褍 (褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪邪 锌褉芯谐褉邪屑邪). 写芯胁芯谢褨 胁褨写胁械褉褌芯 褉芯蟹泻邪卸褍褌褜 锌褉芯 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 斜褞褉芯泻褉邪褌懈蟹屑 褌邪 鈥溠栃逞€懈 锌褉械褋褌芯谢褨胁鈥� 胁 袧袗小袗 80-懈褏. 斜褍写械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌褉芯 写褍褏 褋褍锌械褉薪懈褑褌胁邪 屑褨卸 褍褔邪褋薪懈泻邪屑懈 锌褉芯谐褉邪屑懈 褌邪 锌褉芯 写懈胁薪褍 屑邪薪械褉褍 褍锌褉邪胁谢褨薪薪褟, 蟹邪褋薪芯胁邪薪褍 薪邪 泻褍谢褜褌懈胁邪褑褨褩 褋褌褉邪褏褍. 薪械芯写薪芯褉邪蟹芯胁芯 锌褉芯泄写褍褌褜褋褟 锌芯 胁褋褨褏 胁懈薪褍胁邪褌褑褟褏 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 效械谢械薪写卸械褉邪 褨 蟹邪褔械锌谢褟褌褜 袣芯谢褍屑斜褨褞, 胁褋械 褑械 斜褍写械.
邪 褌械锌械褉 屑褨薪褍褋懈. 褏芯褔邪 薪褨, 褋泻芯褉褨褕械 trigger warnings. 褌褍褌 褦 卸邪褉褌懈 锌褉芯 胁芯褦薪薪褨 蟹谢芯褔懈薪懈, 褟泻褨 锌芯谐邪薪芯 锌芯褦写薪褍褞褌褜褋褟 蟹 褉邪薪泻芯胁懈屑懈 胁懈斜褍褏邪屑懈 褉芯褋褨泄褋褜泻懈褏 褉邪泻械褌. 褦 斜褉邪胁懈泄 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻懈泄 褍褉邪-锌邪褌褉褨芯褌懈蟹屑 胁 写褍褋褨 芦褕泻芯写邪, 褖芯 褌懈 锌褉芯锌褍褋褌懈胁 袣芯褉械褞, 邪谢械, 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褞褋褜, 薪邪蟹写芯卸械薪械褕 胁褋械 褍 袙始褦褌薪邪屑褨禄, 褨 袧袝袩袪袠小孝袨袡袧袨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 鈥溠佇啃拘貉冄傂拘承锯€� 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑褍, 褖芯 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褦褌褜褋褟 褟泻 谐褍屑芯褉懈褋褌懈褔薪懈泄 写械胁邪泄褋. 褌懈锌褍, 芦褌邪泻 褟 斜褍胁 写褍卸械 褌褍锌懈泄, 写褍卸械-写褍卸械 褌褍锌懈泄, 胁懈 褍褟胁谢褟褦褌械, 屑懈 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褉芯斜懈谢懈 蟹 卸褨薪泻邪屑懈 ****禄 (写邪谢褨 写胁褨 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻懈 胁 锌芯写褉芯斜懈褑褟褏 锌械褉械锌芯胁褨写邪褞褌褜褋褟 褋械泻褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 卸邪褉褌懈泻懈 褌邪 锌褨写泄芯斜褔懈泻懈). 邪胁褌芯褉 褌褉芯褕泻懈 锌芯褌褦褉褟褕泻邪, 褋锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 胁懈褌褉邪褔邪褦 70 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻 薪邪 锌芯褟褋薪械薪薪褟, 褖芯 邪褉屑褨褟 小楔袗 胁懈褏芯胁邪谢邪 蟹 薪褜芯谐芯 褋械泻褋懈褋褌邪, 邪谢械 卸褨薪泻懈 胁 袧袗小袗 写褍卸械 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯 写邪胁邪谢懈 胁褨写褋褨褔, 褌芯卸 胁褨薪 锌芯褋褌褍锌芯胁芯 褌邪泻懈 薪邪胁褔懈胁褋褟 薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯 蟹 薪懈屑懈 褉芯蟹屑芯胁谢褟褌懈, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 褏芯斜邪! 褨 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 斜械蟹 蟹邪写薪褜芯褩 写褍屑泻懈 锌褏锟斤拷褦 锌邪褋邪卸 锌褉芯 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褔 蟹 邪泻褌芯褉泻芯褞 袘芯 袛械褉械泻, 褟泻邪, 褑懈褌褍褞, 芦胁懈写褨谢褟谢邪褋褜 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褋械褉械写 锌褨写褌褟谐薪褍褌懈褏, 芯斜屑邪褖械薪懈褏 芯谢褨褦褞 写邪薪褋褜泻懈褏 斜褍谢芯褔芯泻, 褖芯 锌褉懈泻褉邪褕邪谢懈 锌谢褟卸. 芯褑褨薪懈褌懈 褩褩 薪邪 10 褨蟹 10 芯蟹薪邪褔邪谢芯 锌褉懈屑械薪褕懈褌懈 锌褉懈薪邪写薪褨褋褌褜禄. 褔懈 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褑褜芯谐芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 谢邪泄薪邪 褍薪懈泻薪褍褌懈? 褌邪 谢械谐泻芯! 邪谢械 邪胁褌芯褉 鈥� 斜褍屑械褉 (斜褍泻胁邪谢褜薪芯), 胁褨薪 卸械 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪械 蟹写芯谐邪写褍褦褌褜褋褟, 褖芯 斜芯胁泻薪褍胁 锌褉褍褌薪褞. 胁 写褉褍谐褨泄 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪褨 泻薪懈谐懈 锌芯写褨斜薪芯褩 写懈褔懈薪懈 褋褌邪褦 褌褉芯褏懈 屑械薪褕械 褨 锌芯褔懈薪邪褦褌褜褋褟 袣袨袧孝袝袧孝. 薪邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 蟹斜褨褋邪 写芯泻谢邪写薪懈泄, 薪邪 写械泻褨谢褜泻邪 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻, 屑邪薪褍邪谢 薪邪 褌械屑褍 芦褟泻 褋褉邪褌褜 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨禄, 芯褑械 褟 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪邪 薪邪褍泻邪! 褨 褌芯泄, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪械 薪邪屑邪谐邪泄褌械褋褟 褍写邪胁邪褌懈, 薪褨斜懈 胁邪屑 薪械 斜褍谢芯 斜 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褌芯 写褨蟹薪邪褌懈褋褟.
胁 锌褨写褋褍屑泻褍, 褑械 锌褨写 蟹邪胁鈥櫻徯沸貉� 薪邪斜懈褌邪 褨薪褎芯褞, 褎邪泄薪芯 褋泻芯屑锌褨谢褜芯胁邪薪邪, 邪谢械 写芯胁芯谢褨 卸邪褏谢懈胁芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 泻薪懈卸泻邪. 薪邪 芯斜泻谢邪写懈薪褑褨, 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 胁泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 褖芯 褑械 袨袘校袪袥袠袙袉 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌邪, 邪谢械 褔懈 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈褌褜 褍 胁邪褋 薪邪褋薪邪谐懈 锌褉芯写懈褉邪褌懈褋褟 泻褉褨蟹褜 褋械褉械写薪褜芯胁褨褔薪懈泄 屑邪泄薪写褋械褌 邪胁褌芯褉邪 鈥� 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 胁褨写泻褉懈褌械. 褟泻褖芯 卸 褌邪泻懈 胁锌芯褉邪褦褌械褋褜 鈥� 泻薪懈谐邪 锌芯写邪褉褍褦 斜邪谐邪褑褜泻芯 泻褉褍褌懈褏 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄.
褋锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 锌褉芯 锌谢褞褋懈, 褩褏 斜邪谐邪褌芯. 薪邪屑 胁 写械褌邪谢褟褏 锌芯褟褋薪褟褌褜 褟泻 锌褉邪褑褞褦 褕邪褌褌谢 (褌芯泄, 褖芯 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜), 褟泻芯谐芯 斜褨褋邪 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 薪械屑邪褦 褋懈褋褌械屑懈 邪胁邪褉褨泄薪芯褩 械胁邪泻褍邪褑褨褩 泄 褔芯屑褍 锌褨褋谢褟 褌邪泻芯褩 褍褋锌褨褕薪芯褩 袗锌芯谢谢芯, 袧袗小袗 褍褉褨蟹邪谢邪 褎褨薪邪薪褋褍胁邪薪薪褟 小锌械泄褋 楔邪褌褌谢褍 (褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪邪 锌褉芯谐褉邪屑邪). 写芯胁芯谢褨 胁褨写胁械褉褌芯 褉芯蟹泻邪卸褍褌褜 锌褉芯 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 斜褞褉芯泻褉邪褌懈蟹屑 褌邪 鈥溠栃逞€懈 锌褉械褋褌芯谢褨胁鈥� 胁 袧袗小袗 80-懈褏. 斜褍写械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌褉芯 写褍褏 褋褍锌械褉薪懈褑褌胁邪 屑褨卸 褍褔邪褋薪懈泻邪屑懈 锌褉芯谐褉邪屑懈 褌邪 锌褉芯 写懈胁薪褍 屑邪薪械褉褍 褍锌褉邪胁谢褨薪薪褟, 蟹邪褋薪芯胁邪薪褍 薪邪 泻褍谢褜褌懈胁邪褑褨褩 褋褌褉邪褏褍. 薪械芯写薪芯褉邪蟹芯胁芯 锌褉芯泄写褍褌褜褋褟 锌芯 胁褋褨褏 胁懈薪褍胁邪褌褑褟褏 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 效械谢械薪写卸械褉邪 褨 蟹邪褔械锌谢褟褌褜 袣芯谢褍屑斜褨褞, 胁褋械 褑械 斜褍写械.
邪 褌械锌械褉 屑褨薪褍褋懈. 褏芯褔邪 薪褨, 褋泻芯褉褨褕械 trigger warnings. 褌褍褌 褦 卸邪褉褌懈 锌褉芯 胁芯褦薪薪褨 蟹谢芯褔懈薪懈, 褟泻褨 锌芯谐邪薪芯 锌芯褦写薪褍褞褌褜褋褟 蟹 褉邪薪泻芯胁懈屑懈 胁懈斜褍褏邪屑懈 褉芯褋褨泄褋褜泻懈褏 褉邪泻械褌. 褦 斜褉邪胁懈泄 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻懈泄 褍褉邪-锌邪褌褉褨芯褌懈蟹屑 胁 写褍褋褨 芦褕泻芯写邪, 褖芯 褌懈 锌褉芯锌褍褋褌懈胁 袣芯褉械褞, 邪谢械, 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褞褋褜, 薪邪蟹写芯卸械薪械褕 胁褋械 褍 袙始褦褌薪邪屑褨禄, 褨 袧袝袩袪袠小孝袨袡袧袨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 鈥溠佇啃拘貉冄傂拘承锯€� 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑褍, 褖芯 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褦褌褜褋褟 褟泻 谐褍屑芯褉懈褋褌懈褔薪懈泄 写械胁邪泄褋. 褌懈锌褍, 芦褌邪泻 褟 斜褍胁 写褍卸械 褌褍锌懈泄, 写褍卸械-写褍卸械 褌褍锌懈泄, 胁懈 褍褟胁谢褟褦褌械, 屑懈 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褉芯斜懈谢懈 蟹 卸褨薪泻邪屑懈 ****禄 (写邪谢褨 写胁褨 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻懈 胁 锌芯写褉芯斜懈褑褟褏 锌械褉械锌芯胁褨写邪褞褌褜褋褟 褋械泻褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 卸邪褉褌懈泻懈 褌邪 锌褨写泄芯斜褔懈泻懈). 邪胁褌芯褉 褌褉芯褕泻懈 锌芯褌褦褉褟褕泻邪, 褋锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 胁懈褌褉邪褔邪褦 70 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻 薪邪 锌芯褟褋薪械薪薪褟, 褖芯 邪褉屑褨褟 小楔袗 胁懈褏芯胁邪谢邪 蟹 薪褜芯谐芯 褋械泻褋懈褋褌邪, 邪谢械 卸褨薪泻懈 胁 袧袗小袗 写褍卸械 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯 写邪胁邪谢懈 胁褨写褋褨褔, 褌芯卸 胁褨薪 锌芯褋褌褍锌芯胁芯 褌邪泻懈 薪邪胁褔懈胁褋褟 薪芯褉屑邪谢褜薪芯 蟹 薪懈屑懈 褉芯蟹屑芯胁谢褟褌懈, 邪 锌芯褌褨屑 褏芯斜邪! 褨 胁蟹邪谐邪谢褨 斜械蟹 蟹邪写薪褜芯褩 写褍屑泻懈 锌褏锟斤拷褦 锌邪褋邪卸 锌褉芯 蟹褍褋褌褉褨褔 蟹 邪泻褌芯褉泻芯褞 袘芯 袛械褉械泻, 褟泻邪, 褑懈褌褍褞, 芦胁懈写褨谢褟谢邪褋褜 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褋械褉械写 锌褨写褌褟谐薪褍褌懈褏, 芯斜屑邪褖械薪懈褏 芯谢褨褦褞 写邪薪褋褜泻懈褏 斜褍谢芯褔芯泻, 褖芯 锌褉懈泻褉邪褕邪谢懈 锌谢褟卸. 芯褑褨薪懈褌懈 褩褩 薪邪 10 褨蟹 10 芯蟹薪邪褔邪谢芯 锌褉懈屑械薪褕懈褌懈 锌褉懈薪邪写薪褨褋褌褜禄. 褔懈 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褑褜芯谐芯 胁褋褜芯谐芯 谢邪泄薪邪 褍薪懈泻薪褍褌懈? 褌邪 谢械谐泻芯! 邪谢械 邪胁褌芯褉 鈥� 斜褍屑械褉 (斜褍泻胁邪谢褜薪芯), 胁褨薪 卸械 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪械 蟹写芯谐邪写褍褦褌褜褋褟, 褖芯 斜芯胁泻薪褍胁 锌褉褍褌薪褞. 胁 写褉褍谐褨泄 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪褨 泻薪懈谐懈 锌芯写褨斜薪芯褩 写懈褔懈薪懈 褋褌邪褦 褌褉芯褏懈 屑械薪褕械 褨 锌芯褔懈薪邪褦褌褜褋褟 袣袨袧孝袝袧孝. 薪邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 蟹斜褨褋邪 写芯泻谢邪写薪懈泄, 薪邪 写械泻褨谢褜泻邪 褋褌芯褉褨薪芯泻, 屑邪薪褍邪谢 薪邪 褌械屑褍 芦褟泻 褋褉邪褌褜 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨禄, 芯褑械 褟 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪邪 薪邪褍泻邪! 褨 褌芯泄, 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪械 薪邪屑邪谐邪泄褌械褋褟 褍写邪胁邪褌懈, 薪褨斜懈 胁邪屑 薪械 斜褍谢芯 斜 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褌芯 写褨蟹薪邪褌懈褋褟.
胁 锌褨写褋褍屑泻褍, 褑械 锌褨写 蟹邪胁鈥櫻徯沸貉� 薪邪斜懈褌邪 褨薪褎芯褞, 褎邪泄薪芯 褋泻芯屑锌褨谢褜芯胁邪薪邪, 邪谢械 写芯胁芯谢褨 卸邪褏谢懈胁芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 泻薪懈卸泻邪. 薪邪 芯斜泻谢邪写懈薪褑褨, 蟹胁褨褋薪芯, 胁泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 褖芯 褑械 袨袘校袪袥袠袙袉 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泻芯褋屑芯薪邪胁褌邪, 邪谢械 褔懈 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈褌褜 褍 胁邪褋 薪邪褋薪邪谐懈 锌褉芯写懈褉邪褌懈褋褟 泻褉褨蟹褜 褋械褉械写薪褜芯胁褨褔薪懈泄 屑邪泄薪写褋械褌 邪胁褌芯褉邪 鈥� 锌懈褌邪薪薪褟 胁褨写泻褉懈褌械. 褟泻褖芯 卸 褌邪泻懈 胁锌芯褉邪褦褌械褋褜 鈥� 泻薪懈谐邪 锌芯写邪褉褍褦 斜邪谐邪褑褜泻芯 泻褉褍褌懈褏 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄.
December 17, 2014
Like probably half of American kids, I wanted to be an astronaut. So I was hoping this book would get down to the nuts and bolts of what it's like to be on a space shuttle, what astronauts do all day when they're up there, what the training is like, etc. Also, this book came recommended by Mary Roach.
I was very disappointed. First of all, the writing style is that of a talented sixth-grader. The dialogue, such as it is, is stilted and unrealistic. (Proud of that Tarzan nickname, are you, Mike? So proud you need to use it in every sentence Judy says?) The author himself seems to be stuck permanently in sixth grade as well-- the jokes are either about poop or boobs, and self-aggrandizement alters with self-pity so fast it should have given the author whiplash. He's fixated on the idea of himself as a red-blooded, all-American, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps don't-ask-nothin'-from-nobody kind of guy, and then whines throughout the book about how the female astronauts get the most press attention, and other missions get the most press attention, and Sally Ride was mean to him because he's a serial sexual harasser, and on and on and on. In one paragraph, he asserts that the civilian astronauts don't have any life experience, and in the next, he states that he's never worked with a woman before. Because the only kind of life experience that exists is fighting in Vietnam, apparently. And even though this is supposedly the beginning of his transformation in thinking, I have never read anything less self-aware. Later on, he wants some cookies for having realized that the women he works with are competent and do their jobs well. As a self-professed middle-of-the-road guy, you'd think he'd have recognized that a woman, like Sally Ride, with a PhD in physics from Stanford was beyond competent. In fact, this book left me with serious doubts about NASA's HR.
Mike Mullane is one of those people who substitutes "politically correct" for "polite." A large percentage of the book is taken up by his gleeful stories of sexually harassing other astronauts and staff. He takes about a page to go through the women in his astronaut class and give their credentials, along with their marital status and number of kids. (Of course, he never does anything similar with the men.) The only women he likes are the ones who don't object to his sexist jokes, many of which he recounts in detail. Sorry, Mike, if you're looking at a woman's chest while talking to her, that's not un-politically correct. That's both unprofessional and an asshole move.
When he finally gets on the shuttle, there is very little about day-to-day life, except the details of the space toilet (which I thought was pretty interesting). There's almost nothing about the mission itself or what astronaut work looks like (his second two missions were classified, but the first wasn't). There's a lot of wanna-be poetical stuff about watching the earth below the shuttle, which is also written at a sixth-grade level, tops. If you want to know what an astronaut's job is, read a different book.
The only interesting parts in the book were about NASA internal politics and the Challenger explosion. According to the author, there were a lot of internal screw-ups and a nasty office culture that led to the Challenger explosion, and the Columbia disaster several years later. He spends quite some time on the toxic climate in NASA, where astronauts fear that any dissent will get them grounded permanently, and where there is no transparency or accountability for things like flight assignments and engineering failures. The effect this lifestyle has on astronaut families is tragic, and you really do feel bad for the author's wife.
Mostly, though, I only finished this book because I was waiting for my next hold to come in from the library. Don't read it if you like professionalism, women, or the English language.
I was very disappointed. First of all, the writing style is that of a talented sixth-grader. The dialogue, such as it is, is stilted and unrealistic. (Proud of that Tarzan nickname, are you, Mike? So proud you need to use it in every sentence Judy says?) The author himself seems to be stuck permanently in sixth grade as well-- the jokes are either about poop or boobs, and self-aggrandizement alters with self-pity so fast it should have given the author whiplash. He's fixated on the idea of himself as a red-blooded, all-American, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps don't-ask-nothin'-from-nobody kind of guy, and then whines throughout the book about how the female astronauts get the most press attention, and other missions get the most press attention, and Sally Ride was mean to him because he's a serial sexual harasser, and on and on and on. In one paragraph, he asserts that the civilian astronauts don't have any life experience, and in the next, he states that he's never worked with a woman before. Because the only kind of life experience that exists is fighting in Vietnam, apparently. And even though this is supposedly the beginning of his transformation in thinking, I have never read anything less self-aware. Later on, he wants some cookies for having realized that the women he works with are competent and do their jobs well. As a self-professed middle-of-the-road guy, you'd think he'd have recognized that a woman, like Sally Ride, with a PhD in physics from Stanford was beyond competent. In fact, this book left me with serious doubts about NASA's HR.
Mike Mullane is one of those people who substitutes "politically correct" for "polite." A large percentage of the book is taken up by his gleeful stories of sexually harassing other astronauts and staff. He takes about a page to go through the women in his astronaut class and give their credentials, along with their marital status and number of kids. (Of course, he never does anything similar with the men.) The only women he likes are the ones who don't object to his sexist jokes, many of which he recounts in detail. Sorry, Mike, if you're looking at a woman's chest while talking to her, that's not un-politically correct. That's both unprofessional and an asshole move.
When he finally gets on the shuttle, there is very little about day-to-day life, except the details of the space toilet (which I thought was pretty interesting). There's almost nothing about the mission itself or what astronaut work looks like (his second two missions were classified, but the first wasn't). There's a lot of wanna-be poetical stuff about watching the earth below the shuttle, which is also written at a sixth-grade level, tops. If you want to know what an astronaut's job is, read a different book.
The only interesting parts in the book were about NASA internal politics and the Challenger explosion. According to the author, there were a lot of internal screw-ups and a nasty office culture that led to the Challenger explosion, and the Columbia disaster several years later. He spends quite some time on the toxic climate in NASA, where astronauts fear that any dissent will get them grounded permanently, and where there is no transparency or accountability for things like flight assignments and engineering failures. The effect this lifestyle has on astronaut families is tragic, and you really do feel bad for the author's wife.
Mostly, though, I only finished this book because I was waiting for my next hold to come in from the library. Don't read it if you like professionalism, women, or the English language.
November 15, 2017
孝褉芯谐邪褌械谢褜薪褘泄 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌邪 袧袗小袗 芯 械谐芯 薪械谢褢谐泻芯屑 锌褉懈蟹胁邪薪懈械, 芯 褌芯屑, 泻邪泻 褉芯写懈褌械谢懈 懈 卸械薪邪 胁褋褟褔械褋泻懈 锌芯写写械褉卸懈胁邪谢懈 械谐芯, 芯 写褉褍卸斜械 懈 锌芯褌械褉褟褏 写褉褍蟹械泄.
May 29, 2011
Excellent read, though I am admittedly biased from growing up around NASA. Mike has a way of bringing back memories - joyful, painful and all points between - of America's Space Shuttle Program and the Astronaut corp of "Thirty-Five New Guys" of 1978, or TFNGs (which included my father, Jon McBride).
The book is raw and honest, taking a look behind the public face of NASA into the lives of the men and women who comprised the program as well as the spouses and families who also sacrificed much to fuel the dream of human spaceflight.
Having been a "child of NASA", growing up across the street from JSC and in 1984 watching my father pilot Challenger, it was great to read this book and relive the memories. The rosy childhood lenses have long been replaced by adult perspective of the realities of the dangers of military aviation and rocketry, but it made the book more fascinating to me in many ways.
From the exhilaration of realizing lifelong dreams to the many observable yet dismissed warning signs that led to tragedies for the Challenger crew and, later, Columbia's, Colonel Mullane respectfully remembers those who gave their lives and those who were left behind to live with the scars. I appreciate him mentioning my own brother's death in military aviation and memorializing numerous other's in the close-knit extended family of NASA's astronauts.
The Outpost - the now demolished tavern that was an old NASA hangout - came back to life for me. I could see George Abbey once again, though I really just knew his fantastic children as sometimes play buddies. I even remember my dad chuckling at some message cork-board in the astronaut office (now I get it!). I could almost smell the jet fuel at Ellington Field as I watched my dad and perhaps Colonel Mullane in the back seat of a T-38 say "goodbye" for a short trip by way of a giant and probably unnecessary afterburner that seemed 100ft long!!
Thanks for this gem Colonel Mullane and thank you for your service; great to see you before the final flight of Discovery a couple months ago. This book helps me understand what that launch must have meant to you personally, and so many others. And also to keep reaching for dreams!!
When the final launch of the Space Shuttle takes place (scheduled for July with Atlantis), it will be bittersweet to be sure. I hope that the United States continues human spaceflight in some significant way.
The book is raw and honest, taking a look behind the public face of NASA into the lives of the men and women who comprised the program as well as the spouses and families who also sacrificed much to fuel the dream of human spaceflight.
Having been a "child of NASA", growing up across the street from JSC and in 1984 watching my father pilot Challenger, it was great to read this book and relive the memories. The rosy childhood lenses have long been replaced by adult perspective of the realities of the dangers of military aviation and rocketry, but it made the book more fascinating to me in many ways.
From the exhilaration of realizing lifelong dreams to the many observable yet dismissed warning signs that led to tragedies for the Challenger crew and, later, Columbia's, Colonel Mullane respectfully remembers those who gave their lives and those who were left behind to live with the scars. I appreciate him mentioning my own brother's death in military aviation and memorializing numerous other's in the close-knit extended family of NASA's astronauts.
The Outpost - the now demolished tavern that was an old NASA hangout - came back to life for me. I could see George Abbey once again, though I really just knew his fantastic children as sometimes play buddies. I even remember my dad chuckling at some message cork-board in the astronaut office (now I get it!). I could almost smell the jet fuel at Ellington Field as I watched my dad and perhaps Colonel Mullane in the back seat of a T-38 say "goodbye" for a short trip by way of a giant and probably unnecessary afterburner that seemed 100ft long!!
Thanks for this gem Colonel Mullane and thank you for your service; great to see you before the final flight of Discovery a couple months ago. This book helps me understand what that launch must have meant to you personally, and so many others. And also to keep reaching for dreams!!
When the final launch of the Space Shuttle takes place (scheduled for July with Atlantis), it will be bittersweet to be sure. I hope that the United States continues human spaceflight in some significant way.
January 10, 2024
芦校褋褨 屑懈 褋褌邪胁懈谢懈 褋胁芯褦 卸懈褌褌褟 锌褨写 蟹邪谐褉芯蟹褍 褌褨谢褜泻懈 褌芯屑褍, 褖芯 蟹薪邪谢懈: 褨薪邪泻褕械 锌芯屑褉械屑芯 蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪懈屑懈 谢褞写褜屑懈禄
些懈褉芯, 胁械褋械谢芯 褨 褑褨泻邪胁械蟹薪芯
孝褍褌 锌褉芯 锌褉懈谐芯写懈, 屑芯褌懈胁邪褑褨褞 褨 褋褌褉邪褏懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 锌械褉褕懈泄 褉邪蟹 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨, 薪械褨写械邪谢褜薪械 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯, 写懈褋泻褉懈屑褨薪邪褑褨褞.
袪芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褨 邪胁褌芯褉邪 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褌邪泻褨 写褍褕械胁薪褨, 褖芯 胁 褟泻褨褋褜 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 褍 屑械薪械 胁懈薪懈泻邪谢芯 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟, 薪邪褔械 褟 锌褉懈褩褏邪谢邪 胁 谐芯褋褌褨 写芯 锌邪薪邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈 写芯胁谐褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泄芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 蟹邪 褔邪褕泻芯褞 谐邪褉褟褔芯谐芯 褔邪褞.
袨泻褉械屑械 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 - 褟泻褨褋褌褜 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褌邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写褍 袘芯褉芯写邪褌芯谐芯 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪邪 鉂わ笍
些懈褉芯, 胁械褋械谢芯 褨 褑褨泻邪胁械蟹薪芯
孝褍褌 锌褉芯 锌褉懈谐芯写懈, 屑芯褌懈胁邪褑褨褞 褨 褋褌褉邪褏懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 锌械褉褕懈泄 褉邪蟹 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨, 薪械褨写械邪谢褜薪械 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯, 写懈褋泻褉懈屑褨薪邪褑褨褞.
袪芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褨 邪胁褌芯褉邪 屑褨褋褑褟屑懈 褌邪泻褨 写褍褕械胁薪褨, 褖芯 胁 褟泻褨褋褜 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 褍 屑械薪械 胁懈薪懈泻邪谢芯 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟, 薪邪褔械 褟 锌褉懈褩褏邪谢邪 胁 谐芯褋褌褨 写芯 锌邪薪邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 锌芯褋谢褍褏邪褌懈 写芯胁谐褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 泄芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 蟹邪 褔邪褕泻芯褞 谐邪褉褟褔芯谐芯 褔邪褞.
袨泻褉械屑械 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 - 褟泻褨褋褌褜 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褌邪 锌械褉械泻谢邪写褍 袘芯褉芯写邪褌芯谐芯 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪邪 鉂わ笍
December 23, 2010
You'll read a lot of reviews on this site talking about the sexism in Mullane's book, and how if you can get through that, it's pretty funny. One thing they don't mention thought is:
HE KNOWS IT. In fact, one of the themes of growth in this book is that Mullane goes from being a sexist pig in the 70s to a man who realizes women can do everything he can do as well and better. Now, granted, he still doesn't seem to be able to resist telling us the sexist jokes he used to make (to prove just how sexist he used to be, of course, only that, not because he still secretly thinks they're funny, no, not at all) but the point is, it's MUCH more lighthearted an inoffensive than I was afraid it would be when I read other reviews.
Ok, onto the review proper.
This book follows Mullane (not completely chronologically) from his early childhood, fascinated by Sputnik and building his own rockets, through military life, applying for the astronaut corps, and through his life as an astronaut, 10% of which is "riding rockets" and 90% of which is being jerked around by the bosses. Mullane talks about it all with an easy humor, lots of self-deprecation, and a real understanding for how NASA works (for good and for bad) and how hard it is on the families of astronauts.
Seriously, Mullane's wife deserves a medal. 2 medals. One for being the wife of an astronaut, and one for being the wife of a man who would, at a public party, give her a painting of....well, just read the book!
HE KNOWS IT. In fact, one of the themes of growth in this book is that Mullane goes from being a sexist pig in the 70s to a man who realizes women can do everything he can do as well and better. Now, granted, he still doesn't seem to be able to resist telling us the sexist jokes he used to make (to prove just how sexist he used to be, of course, only that, not because he still secretly thinks they're funny, no, not at all) but the point is, it's MUCH more lighthearted an inoffensive than I was afraid it would be when I read other reviews.
Ok, onto the review proper.
This book follows Mullane (not completely chronologically) from his early childhood, fascinated by Sputnik and building his own rockets, through military life, applying for the astronaut corps, and through his life as an astronaut, 10% of which is "riding rockets" and 90% of which is being jerked around by the bosses. Mullane talks about it all with an easy humor, lots of self-deprecation, and a real understanding for how NASA works (for good and for bad) and how hard it is on the families of astronauts.
Seriously, Mullane's wife deserves a medal. 2 medals. One for being the wife of an astronaut, and one for being the wife of a man who would, at a public party, give her a painting of....well, just read the book!
February 16, 2021
Had been very lucky with non fiction about space, loving everyone of them so I guessed I would love this as well but it wasn't really my thing. Found the humor and writing be juvenile and not at all funny. Wasn't as into the space fact in this one, but some of it was quite interesting but not liking the voice of the book took away from my enjoyment.
March 12, 2018
A fair characterization of this book is that it tells two stories. The first story is one of the astronaut program as it was transformed after Apollo and operated during the initial years of the space shuttle program. The second is the personal story of the book鈥檚 author, Mike Mullane, and his complete lack of consideration for the mere mortal humans that come into contact with His Grace, the One True Astronaut.
The first story, as does the second, spans the entire book. Mullane gives a recount of his career from his selection as a shuttle astronaut, progresses through his training, and continues on through three flights on the space shuttle. The story is insightful and indeed contains the very information and insights I was hoping for in any book about the space program.
Mullane knows his stuff. When he鈥檚 focused on his job he cannot be impeached. He had me completely captivated. There were minor details and major facts that had never been revealed to me previously about the shuttle program. His reports of the Challenger and Columbia disasters were complete and insightful. The first story about the shuttle program is well worth the read provided you can keep your lunch down during the various ascensions of Mike Mullane鈥檚 personal life-views, i.e. the second story.
Within the periodic appearances of the second story, Mullane has a superiority complex of the worst kind. Women that come into his world are initially judged as incompetent and incapable. They are assigned a mental rating with imaginary numeric cards ranging from 1 to 10 based solely on their looks. If a woman is a 9 or 10 (and is tolerant of lecherous behavior), Mullane might actually become enlightened by her abilities as time goes by, but only because he wants to be around her. His physical attraction towards women provides the time required to form an opinion about their competency.
Along these same lines, the astronauts who are academic scientists are also made to suffer his holier-than-thou perceptions of them. What right do scientists have to fly into space when military fighter jocks like Mullane are virtually ordained to do so? While in Mullane鈥檚 presence, the astronaut-scientists have no purpose other than to make Mullane feel good about himself by suffering the brunt of Mullane鈥檚 stupid juvenile jokes. However, with the passage of time and forced exposure, Mullane sees fit elevate some of the astronaut-scientists to a level of measured respect.
And that鈥檚 why didn鈥檛 like Mullane. In his eyes, everybody who is not like Mullane is someone who is less than himself, not different, but less. Redemption to achieve some value of consideration by Mullane is just that: an elevation by Mullane to a level that resides somewhere below his own god-like self perception. Heaven forbid that a woman or a scientist should present themselves as equals to Mullane based upon the merits of being selected as an astronaut. What Mullane forgets is that his credibility for this book stems from those very same qualifications.
I gave this book a punitive two stars where three could actually be due. Mullane is not the right voice for a topic of such universal and human importance as space exploration. There must be other books by other astronauts that can provide the same information provided in Riding Rockets but do not foster the caustic feelings of alienation that are fanned by Astronaut Richard Michael Mullane.
The first story, as does the second, spans the entire book. Mullane gives a recount of his career from his selection as a shuttle astronaut, progresses through his training, and continues on through three flights on the space shuttle. The story is insightful and indeed contains the very information and insights I was hoping for in any book about the space program.
Mullane knows his stuff. When he鈥檚 focused on his job he cannot be impeached. He had me completely captivated. There were minor details and major facts that had never been revealed to me previously about the shuttle program. His reports of the Challenger and Columbia disasters were complete and insightful. The first story about the shuttle program is well worth the read provided you can keep your lunch down during the various ascensions of Mike Mullane鈥檚 personal life-views, i.e. the second story.
Within the periodic appearances of the second story, Mullane has a superiority complex of the worst kind. Women that come into his world are initially judged as incompetent and incapable. They are assigned a mental rating with imaginary numeric cards ranging from 1 to 10 based solely on their looks. If a woman is a 9 or 10 (and is tolerant of lecherous behavior), Mullane might actually become enlightened by her abilities as time goes by, but only because he wants to be around her. His physical attraction towards women provides the time required to form an opinion about their competency.
Along these same lines, the astronauts who are academic scientists are also made to suffer his holier-than-thou perceptions of them. What right do scientists have to fly into space when military fighter jocks like Mullane are virtually ordained to do so? While in Mullane鈥檚 presence, the astronaut-scientists have no purpose other than to make Mullane feel good about himself by suffering the brunt of Mullane鈥檚 stupid juvenile jokes. However, with the passage of time and forced exposure, Mullane sees fit elevate some of the astronaut-scientists to a level of measured respect.
And that鈥檚 why didn鈥檛 like Mullane. In his eyes, everybody who is not like Mullane is someone who is less than himself, not different, but less. Redemption to achieve some value of consideration by Mullane is just that: an elevation by Mullane to a level that resides somewhere below his own god-like self perception. Heaven forbid that a woman or a scientist should present themselves as equals to Mullane based upon the merits of being selected as an astronaut. What Mullane forgets is that his credibility for this book stems from those very same qualifications.
I gave this book a punitive two stars where three could actually be due. Mullane is not the right voice for a topic of such universal and human importance as space exploration. There must be other books by other astronauts that can provide the same information provided in Riding Rockets but do not foster the caustic feelings of alienation that are fanned by Astronaut Richard Michael Mullane.
October 3, 2013
This book was everything I had hoped for. It gave me insight into the real life of an astronaut, it humanized the incredible feats it took to get into space, and it made me even more enthusiastic, if that's even possible, about the human species exploring the vasty nothingness of space.
I've read some other reviews that mention that Mullane is sexist, and talks about his penis a great deal. While those assessments of the man are actually correct, the reviewers missed the point. Mullane came from an era where men, especially fighter pilots, were sexist misogynistic pigs. No doubt about that. But the point of him recounting his idiot tendencies, which he admits to and apologizes for, is that he actually changes his mind - he grows and changes, as all people should.
The talk about his penis does one really important thing: takes the luster off space flight. He's not talking about his bits to impress anyone. He's talking about them because the reality of space flight is that astronauts wear diapers, or urine-catching condoms, and it's NOT sexy. While the rewards for getting into space are amazing, as he recounts with loving detail, the hurdles to get there are also well detailed, spelling out the reality that space travel is hard work. That he chose to approach it with a 5th grader's sensibility and make jokes was actually fine with me.
His recounting of the Challenger disaster really got to me. Probably because I had the same thoughts about the accident that he did - that the crew was killed instantly and didn't suffer. ... The reports from the investigation show otherwise. They were awake and alive for the two and half minute fall to earth, with no way out.
With his insights, I understand better why the shuttle program was eventually shut down. I hope for our return to space as explorers, but with slightly more opportunity for survival.
You would think with all my praise, I would give it 5 stars. But there are some down sides to this book - the use of acronyms being one of them. I get that in the astronaut service they use acronyms with no difficulty, but being a civilian, it was often bewildering when he threw 6 - 10 acronyms out and just kept using them assuming I remembered them all through the course of the book. Not so, really.
And at times, the writing suffers. He is eloquent and moving in many parts of the book. And other times the writing is tedious and boring, with poor word choices and phrases that jolt you out of the narrative.
That being said, really worth the read. I really quite enjoyed it.
I've read some other reviews that mention that Mullane is sexist, and talks about his penis a great deal. While those assessments of the man are actually correct, the reviewers missed the point. Mullane came from an era where men, especially fighter pilots, were sexist misogynistic pigs. No doubt about that. But the point of him recounting his idiot tendencies, which he admits to and apologizes for, is that he actually changes his mind - he grows and changes, as all people should.
The talk about his penis does one really important thing: takes the luster off space flight. He's not talking about his bits to impress anyone. He's talking about them because the reality of space flight is that astronauts wear diapers, or urine-catching condoms, and it's NOT sexy. While the rewards for getting into space are amazing, as he recounts with loving detail, the hurdles to get there are also well detailed, spelling out the reality that space travel is hard work. That he chose to approach it with a 5th grader's sensibility and make jokes was actually fine with me.
His recounting of the Challenger disaster really got to me. Probably because I had the same thoughts about the accident that he did - that the crew was killed instantly and didn't suffer. ... The reports from the investigation show otherwise. They were awake and alive for the two and half minute fall to earth, with no way out.
With his insights, I understand better why the shuttle program was eventually shut down. I hope for our return to space as explorers, but with slightly more opportunity for survival.
You would think with all my praise, I would give it 5 stars. But there are some down sides to this book - the use of acronyms being one of them. I get that in the astronaut service they use acronyms with no difficulty, but being a civilian, it was often bewildering when he threw 6 - 10 acronyms out and just kept using them assuming I remembered them all through the course of the book. Not so, really.
And at times, the writing suffers. He is eloquent and moving in many parts of the book. And other times the writing is tedious and boring, with poor word choices and phrases that jolt you out of the narrative.
That being said, really worth the read. I really quite enjoyed it.
December 30, 2024
笑械 褋邪屑械 褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 褟泻褍 薪械 胁邪褉褌芯 斜褍谢芯 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褌懈 褨 锌褉懈薪芯褋懈褌懈 胁 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻懈泄 锌褉芯褋褌褨褉.
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械写芯谢褍谐褨 褋械泻褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 褨 褉邪褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 卸邪褉褌懈. 袟写邪胁邪谢芯褋褟 斜, 褍 邪胁褌芯褉邪 斜褍谢芯 斜械蟹谢褨褔 褔邪褋褍 薪邪 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢械薪薪褟 褋胁芯褩褏 胁褔懈薪泻褨胁 褨 褋谢褨胁 褌邪 锌芯胁械写褨薪泻懈 褋胁芯褩褏 泻芯谢械谐, 邪谢械 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 胁褨薪 芯褌褉懈屑褍褦 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟, 锌械褉械锌芯胁褨写邪褞褔懈 斜械蟹谐谢褍蟹写褨 邪薪械泻写芯褌懈 褨 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褔懈 薪褨斜懈 卸邪褉褌芯屑邪 褎褉邪蟹懈 锌褉芯 芦谐芯褉褨薪薪褟 褍 褎械屑褨薪褨褋褌懈褔薪芯屑褍 锌械泻谢褨禄.
肖械屑褨薪褨蟹屑 - 褑械 薪械 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻懈 褨 卸褨薪泻懈 芯写薪邪泻芯胁褨 褎褨蟹褨芯谢芯谐褨褔薪芯. 楔泻芯写邪, 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 褑褜芯谐芯 薪械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨胁 薪邪胁褨褌褜 胁 褋褌邪褉褕芯屑褍 胁褨褑褨.
芦屑懈谢械薪褜泻邪 谢褟谢械褔泻邪禄, 芦蟹谐褉邪斜薪邪 泻芯斜懈谢泻邪禄, 芦褑褨锌芯薪褜泻邪禄, 芦锌芯锌褍褉褨 蟹 泻懈褑褜芯泻禄 鈥� 褌邪 褨薪褕褨 褋谢芯胁邪, 褟泻褨 邪胁褌芯褉 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褦 写谢褟 褨屑械薪褍胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑褜, 锌褉邪褑褨胁薪懈褑褜 谢邪斜芯褉邪褌芯褉褨褩 褔懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褉邪薪写芯屑薪懈褏 卸褨薪芯泻.
芦袨写薪邪 褨蟹 蟹邪锌谢懈谢懈褏 卸懈褉芯屑 胁褨写 写褨褌芯薪邪褉芯写卸械薪薪褟 写褉褍卸懈薪鈥β� - 胁懈 胁褋械 褖械 褏芯褔械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈 褑械?
袗 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟-卸邪褉褌 锌褉芯 褌械, 褔懈屑 胁褨薪 蟹邪泄屑邪胁褋褟 褍 袙始褦褌薪邪屑褨, 胁 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻懈褏 褉械邪谢褨褟褏 胁 2024 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯褋褌芯 芯谐懈写薪芯.
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪械写芯谢褍谐褨 褋械泻褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 褨 褉邪褋懈褋褌褋褜泻褨 卸邪褉褌懈. 袟写邪胁邪谢芯褋褟 斜, 褍 邪胁褌芯褉邪 斜褍谢芯 斜械蟹谢褨褔 褔邪褋褍 薪邪 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢械薪薪褟 褋胁芯褩褏 胁褔懈薪泻褨胁 褨 褋谢褨胁 褌邪 锌芯胁械写褨薪泻懈 褋胁芯褩褏 泻芯谢械谐, 邪谢械 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 胁褨薪 芯褌褉懈屑褍褦 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟, 锌械褉械锌芯胁褨写邪褞褔懈 斜械蟹谐谢褍蟹写褨 邪薪械泻写芯褌懈 褨 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褞褔懈 薪褨斜懈 卸邪褉褌芯屑邪 褎褉邪蟹懈 锌褉芯 芦谐芯褉褨薪薪褟 褍 褎械屑褨薪褨褋褌懈褔薪芯屑褍 锌械泻谢褨禄.
肖械屑褨薪褨蟹屑 - 褑械 薪械 锌褉芯 褌械, 褖芯 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻懈 褨 卸褨薪泻懈 芯写薪邪泻芯胁褨 褎褨蟹褨芯谢芯谐褨褔薪芯. 楔泻芯写邪, 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 褑褜芯谐芯 薪械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨胁 薪邪胁褨褌褜 胁 褋褌邪褉褕芯屑褍 胁褨褑褨.
芦屑懈谢械薪褜泻邪 谢褟谢械褔泻邪禄, 芦蟹谐褉邪斜薪邪 泻芯斜懈谢泻邪禄, 芦褑褨锌芯薪褜泻邪禄, 芦锌芯锌褍褉褨 蟹 泻懈褑褜芯泻禄 鈥� 褌邪 褨薪褕褨 褋谢芯胁邪, 褟泻褨 邪胁褌芯褉 胁懈泻芯褉懈褋褌芯胁褍褦 写谢褟 褨屑械薪褍胁邪薪薪褟 薪邪褍泻芯胁懈褑褜, 锌褉邪褑褨胁薪懈褑褜 谢邪斜芯褉邪褌芯褉褨褩 褔懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褉邪薪写芯屑薪懈褏 卸褨薪芯泻.
芦袨写薪邪 褨蟹 蟹邪锌谢懈谢懈褏 卸懈褉芯屑 胁褨写 写褨褌芯薪邪褉芯写卸械薪薪褟 写褉褍卸懈薪鈥β� - 胁懈 胁褋械 褖械 褏芯褔械褌械 褔懈褌邪褌懈 褑械?
袗 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟-卸邪褉褌 锌褉芯 褌械, 褔懈屑 胁褨薪 蟹邪泄屑邪胁褋褟 褍 袙始褦褌薪邪屑褨, 胁 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻懈褏 褉械邪谢褨褟褏 胁 2024 褋锌褉懈泄屑邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯褋褌芯 芯谐懈写薪芯.
August 9, 2010
This is a great book. Here's why:
1. Some of his childhood stories are utterly hysterical. I was actually lying in bed reading, laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face.
2. There's a lot of crazy, odd, humiliating stuff about being an astronaut and he shares ALL of it. The man has never heard of TMI. Some of the details, most of the humor, and a little of the language is pretty crude, so consider yourself forewarned. It's part of Mullane's "charm", such as it is.
3. His friendship with Judy Resnik, who died on Challenger (along with 3 of his other astronaut classmates/friends) is funny, moving, and sad.
4. His analysis of NASA culture, especially the astronaut office and the 'experimental' nature of the Space Shuttle is disturbing and occasionally shocking.
5. His countdowns to his first launch on the Shuttle had me literally holding my breath. For PAGES.
6. His talk of the "normalization of deviance" is soooo important and interesting. I'd never really thought about things that way and it is easy to see how disasters like Challenger and Columbia happen when you consider how easy it is to normalize deviance when it occurs repeatedly with no associated tragedies.
7. His descriptions of looking at the earth from space are among the best I've read and his practice of sticking his bed sack to a wall so his face was near a window and then staying up to watch the earth roll beneath him while he was supposed to be sleeping are great. A quote: "To say the view was overwhelmingly beautiful would be an insult to God."
8. He's was a sexist pig. He knows he was a pig. He's a little proud he was a pig. He was a real, real pig. But he's funny and easy to forgive for being a pig. He made a lot of progress over the years and came to respect most of the women he worked with (never really came to like Sally Ride, though!) and to understand something about the realities of discrimination. But if sexist banter and jokes bother you, don't read this book. LOL.
9. It's just a great, laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreaking book. :) And educational along the way.
1. Some of his childhood stories are utterly hysterical. I was actually lying in bed reading, laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face.
2. There's a lot of crazy, odd, humiliating stuff about being an astronaut and he shares ALL of it. The man has never heard of TMI. Some of the details, most of the humor, and a little of the language is pretty crude, so consider yourself forewarned. It's part of Mullane's "charm", such as it is.
3. His friendship with Judy Resnik, who died on Challenger (along with 3 of his other astronaut classmates/friends) is funny, moving, and sad.
4. His analysis of NASA culture, especially the astronaut office and the 'experimental' nature of the Space Shuttle is disturbing and occasionally shocking.
5. His countdowns to his first launch on the Shuttle had me literally holding my breath. For PAGES.
6. His talk of the "normalization of deviance" is soooo important and interesting. I'd never really thought about things that way and it is easy to see how disasters like Challenger and Columbia happen when you consider how easy it is to normalize deviance when it occurs repeatedly with no associated tragedies.
7. His descriptions of looking at the earth from space are among the best I've read and his practice of sticking his bed sack to a wall so his face was near a window and then staying up to watch the earth roll beneath him while he was supposed to be sleeping are great. A quote: "To say the view was overwhelmingly beautiful would be an insult to God."
8. He's was a sexist pig. He knows he was a pig. He's a little proud he was a pig. He was a real, real pig. But he's funny and easy to forgive for being a pig. He made a lot of progress over the years and came to respect most of the women he worked with (never really came to like Sally Ride, though!) and to understand something about the realities of discrimination. But if sexist banter and jokes bother you, don't read this book. LOL.
9. It's just a great, laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreaking book. :) And educational along the way.
September 12, 2021
This could be a handbook for men to understand sexism and sexual harassment. Pretty much everything this man finds funny is revolting, and even when he realises it, he still can鈥檛 help relating the stories again and believing they are funny. There is an excellent section in the middle about leadership and safety issues at NASA but you have to get through a couple of hundred pages of odious commentary on every woman he meets to reach it.
May 20, 2024
袙锌械褉褕械 褔懈褌邪褞 泻薪懈薪褍 锌褉芯 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪褨 褉械褔褨 蟹 褌邪泻懈屑 谐褍屑芯褉芯屑. 袗胁褌芯褉 - 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈泄, 邪写褉械薪邪谢褨薪 胁 芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪薪褨 褋胁芯谐芯 锌械褉褕芯谐芯 锌芯谢褜芯褌褍 薪邪 芯褉斜褨褌褍 - 蟹邪褕泻邪谢褞胁邪胁. 袛芯薪薪邪 - 薪械 屑械薪褕 褋屑褨谢懈胁邪 卸褨薪泻邪, 褖芯斜 锌褉懈泄薪褟褌懈 褑械 胁褋械. 笑褨泻邪胁芯 褨 谢械谐泻芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯
January 8, 2024
"袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨" 芯斜械褉薪褍谢邪褋褟 写谢褟 屑械薪械 写胁芯屑邪 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪泻邪屑懈. 携 褔械泻邪胁 褔芯谐芯褋褜 写褍卸械 锌芯写褨斜薪芯谐芯 薪邪 "Endurance" 小泻芯褌邪 袣械谢谢褨. 袗谢械 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉懈 褕懈斜邪泄谐芯谢芯胁芯褋褌褨 褨 卸邪褉褌褨胁 薪懈卸褔械 锌芯褟褋邪 "薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨" 薪褍 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯. 袙 褟泻懈褋褜 屑芯屑械薪褌 蟹写邪谢芯褋褟, 褖芯 薪褨褔芯谐芯 锌褉懈薪褑懈锌芯胁芯 褨薪褕芯谐芯 胁卸械 泄 薪械 斜褍写械.
袗谢械 褌褍褌 褔械泻邪谢邪 写褉褍谐邪 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪泻邪. 袧邪胁泻芯谢芯 褨 锌褨褋谢褟 效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪 袦邪泄泻 写邪褦 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪懈泄 邪薪邪谢褨蟹 锌褉懈褔懈薪 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈. 袣褉懈褌懈泻邪 褋懈褋褌械屑薪懈褏 锌褉芯斜谢械屑 袧袗小袗 谐谢懈斜芯泻邪 褨 锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪邪. 袧邪 卸邪谢褜 屑邪褦屑芯 褌褨 褋邪屑褨 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈 蟹邪褉邪蟹, 泻芯谢懈 褌邪泻褨 锌芯屑懈谢泻懈 屑芯卸褍褌褜 泻芯褕褌褍胁邪褌懈 胁懈卸懈胁邪薪薪褟 泻褉邪褩薪懈.
袙褋褨 胁褨写褋懈谢邪薪薪褟 写芯 "锌谢邪薪械褌懈 袟袪" 褌械卸 胁懈褟胁谢褟褞褌褜褋褟 薪械 写谢褟 褉芯蟹胁邪谐懈. 袙芯薪懈 锌褨写褋胁褨褔褍褞褌褜 蟹屑褨薪懈 胁 褋褌邪胁谢械薪薪褨 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 写芯 褨薪褕懈褏, 蟹芯泻褉械屑邪 写芯 褑懈胁褨谢褜薪懈褏. 袧邪 褖邪褋褌褟 写芯 泻褨薪褑褟 邪胁褌芯褉 薪械 屑褨薪褟褦褌褜褋褟 褨 褖械写褉芯 褉芯蟹写邪褦 褋褌褍褋邪薪褨胁 褌懈屑, 褏褌芯 蟹邪褋谢褍卸懈胁. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 胁芯薪懈 褌芯锌褌邪谢懈 锌懈谢 袦褨褋褟褑褟.
"袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 楔邪褌谢褨" 褨写械邪谢褜薪芯 蟹斜懈胁邪褦 芯褉械芯谢 薪械斜芯卸懈褌械谢褜褋褌胁邪 蟹 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 褨, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯, 袧袗小袗. 袉 薪械 蟹邪斜褍胁邪褦 薪邪谐邪写褍胁邪褌懈, 褖芯 胁褋褨 褑褨 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪褨 写芯褋褟谐薪械薪薪褟 蟹写芯斜褍谢懈 卸懈胁褨 褋锌褉邪胁卸薪褨 谢褞写懈.
袗谢械 褌褍褌 褔械泻邪谢邪 写褉褍谐邪 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪泻邪. 袧邪胁泻芯谢芯 褨 锌褨褋谢褟 效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪 袦邪泄泻 写邪褦 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪懈泄 邪薪邪谢褨蟹 锌褉懈褔懈薪 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈. 袣褉懈褌懈泻邪 褋懈褋褌械屑薪懈褏 锌褉芯斜谢械屑 袧袗小袗 谐谢懈斜芯泻邪 褨 锌褉邪胁懈谢褜薪邪. 袧邪 卸邪谢褜 屑邪褦屑芯 褌褨 褋邪屑褨 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈 蟹邪褉邪蟹, 泻芯谢懈 褌邪泻褨 锌芯屑懈谢泻懈 屑芯卸褍褌褜 泻芯褕褌褍胁邪褌懈 胁懈卸懈胁邪薪薪褟 泻褉邪褩薪懈.
袙褋褨 胁褨写褋懈谢邪薪薪褟 写芯 "锌谢邪薪械褌懈 袟袪" 褌械卸 胁懈褟胁谢褟褞褌褜褋褟 薪械 写谢褟 褉芯蟹胁邪谐懈. 袙芯薪懈 锌褨写褋胁褨褔褍褞褌褜 蟹屑褨薪懈 胁 褋褌邪胁谢械薪薪褨 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 写芯 褨薪褕懈褏, 蟹芯泻褉械屑邪 写芯 褑懈胁褨谢褜薪懈褏. 袧邪 褖邪褋褌褟 写芯 泻褨薪褑褟 邪胁褌芯褉 薪械 屑褨薪褟褦褌褜褋褟 褨 褖械写褉芯 褉芯蟹写邪褦 褋褌褍褋邪薪褨胁 褌懈屑, 褏褌芯 蟹邪褋谢褍卸懈胁. 袧邪胁褨褌褜 褟泻褖芯 胁芯薪懈 褌芯锌褌邪谢懈 锌懈谢 袦褨褋褟褑褟.
"袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 楔邪褌谢褨" 褨写械邪谢褜薪芯 蟹斜懈胁邪褦 芯褉械芯谢 薪械斜芯卸懈褌械谢褜褋褌胁邪 蟹 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 褨, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯, 袧袗小袗. 袉 薪械 蟹邪斜褍胁邪褦 薪邪谐邪写褍胁邪褌懈, 褖芯 胁褋褨 褑褨 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪褨 写芯褋褟谐薪械薪薪褟 蟹写芯斜褍谢懈 卸懈胁褨 褋锌褉邪胁卸薪褨 谢褞写懈.
June 16, 2024
First of all I got this book delivered to the Noe Valley library from the Livermore Public Library via Link+ because it is not available in SFPL, so I feel like a real library power user.
Mike Mullane鈥檚 career as an astronaut is not as exciting as going to the moon, but he makes up for it with a lot of jokes and some brutal honesty (basically having no filter).
His parents were incredibly supportive. From the minute little Mike saw Sputnik streaking over the New Mexico skies he was rocket-obsessed. His mom gave him parts of her vacuum cleaner so that he could build rockets and let him heat his rocket fuel in her oven. His dad drove him to the desert to launch his rockets whenever he wanted.
Lots of criticism of NASA here. Mostly that astronaut selection was a total black box, so all the astronauts were afraid to speak against management even when it would have made them safer. After the success of Apollo, NASA became overconfident and designed a system (the space shuttle) with no real possibility of escape, unlike all previous NASA systems which had the ability to abort. They then declared it operational after just a few flights and proceeded to pack in the launches one after another. Finally there was the 鈥渘ormalization of deviance鈥� where things would not work as intended but NASA would decide the risk was not worth a redesign or pause to the launch schedule. Both the O Ring damage on Challenger and the foam damage on Columbia were observed on countless flights before the fatal ones, but were always written off as not posing a real threat.
Mike loves a good joke at the expense of the female astronauts (he basically made half the sexist jokes described in The Six) but also goes out of his way to say how competent they were and how he was proud to work alongside them, particularly Judy who he flew with and was close with before she died on Challenger.
Bill Bookworm鈥檚 running NASA books ranking:
1. Carrying the Fire (first person, put you in his shoes, authentic writing style, there for the first moon landing)
2. The Right Stuff (unexpectedly hilarious)
3. A Man on the Moon (Good balance of highlights of each Apollo mission, backstories of astronauts, not funny like The Right Stuff but probably closer to reality)
4. Apollo 13 (epic story, but you could tell it鈥檚 ghost written compared to Carrying the Fire)
5. Riding Rockets (very funny, and honest look at NASA from an insider)
6. The Six (great stories worth telling, but no first person perspective and we stay in earth鈥檚 orbit)
7. Endurance (no knock on Scott at all, great book, but less interesting content to work with)
8. Failure is Not an Option (good book, but Mission Control is just less exciting than the astronaut stories)
Mike Mullane鈥檚 career as an astronaut is not as exciting as going to the moon, but he makes up for it with a lot of jokes and some brutal honesty (basically having no filter).
His parents were incredibly supportive. From the minute little Mike saw Sputnik streaking over the New Mexico skies he was rocket-obsessed. His mom gave him parts of her vacuum cleaner so that he could build rockets and let him heat his rocket fuel in her oven. His dad drove him to the desert to launch his rockets whenever he wanted.
Lots of criticism of NASA here. Mostly that astronaut selection was a total black box, so all the astronauts were afraid to speak against management even when it would have made them safer. After the success of Apollo, NASA became overconfident and designed a system (the space shuttle) with no real possibility of escape, unlike all previous NASA systems which had the ability to abort. They then declared it operational after just a few flights and proceeded to pack in the launches one after another. Finally there was the 鈥渘ormalization of deviance鈥� where things would not work as intended but NASA would decide the risk was not worth a redesign or pause to the launch schedule. Both the O Ring damage on Challenger and the foam damage on Columbia were observed on countless flights before the fatal ones, but were always written off as not posing a real threat.
Mike loves a good joke at the expense of the female astronauts (he basically made half the sexist jokes described in The Six) but also goes out of his way to say how competent they were and how he was proud to work alongside them, particularly Judy who he flew with and was close with before she died on Challenger.
Bill Bookworm鈥檚 running NASA books ranking:
1. Carrying the Fire (first person, put you in his shoes, authentic writing style, there for the first moon landing)
2. The Right Stuff (unexpectedly hilarious)
3. A Man on the Moon (Good balance of highlights of each Apollo mission, backstories of astronauts, not funny like The Right Stuff but probably closer to reality)
4. Apollo 13 (epic story, but you could tell it鈥檚 ghost written compared to Carrying the Fire)
5. Riding Rockets (very funny, and honest look at NASA from an insider)
6. The Six (great stories worth telling, but no first person perspective and we stay in earth鈥檚 orbit)
7. Endurance (no knock on Scott at all, great book, but less interesting content to work with)
8. Failure is Not an Option (good book, but Mission Control is just less exciting than the astronaut stories)
June 3, 2011
Of all the astronaut biographies published over the past 30 years Mike Mullane鈥檚 Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut stands apart from the rest. An alternate title for Mullane鈥檚 book could easily be The Sacred and the Profane, because the author, a former shuttle astronaut, delivers a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners peek inside examination of NASA鈥檚 astronaut office that is irreverent and occasionally blasphemous, yet engaging and spellbinding.
Like most astronauts of his generation, Mullane was inspired by Sputnik to spend his high school years building rockets (for 鈥渉igh school projects鈥�) with the blessing of his constantly supportive parents (he speaks fondly of his father who was crippled by polio when Mike was a boy). After flying 134 missions in Vietnam, he volunteered for the space program where he was subjected to every test known to man or beast including counting backwards by 7 (a test he failed) and a colonoscopy. 鈥淚 was determined when the NASA proctologist looked up my ass he would see pipes so dazzling he would ask the nurse to get his sunglasses.鈥�
Having passed the clean ass exam, Mullane joined a new class of trainees, the TFNGs (either the thirty five new guys or the fucking new guys depending on who you ask), the first class that NASA tried to diversify, hiring African American men and white women (including Judy Resnik and Sally Ride). Mullane has no problem accepting other races, but initially holds the same chauvinistic sexist views about women that characterized an era. He spent 12 years in all boys Catholic schools, followed by the military academy, followed by Vietnam. His only concept of women came from his mother and his wife, both of whom seemed content and fulfilled without a career. Mullane is honest about these feelings in the book, and while we can鈥檛 really cheer for him for his Road to Damascus revelation that 鈥淥h wow! Women can be as talented and as smart and as good as men,鈥� I did appreciate his candor.
And NASA clearly was a boys club. Where else can you 鈥渟nort鈥� at particularly attractive women (as in 鈥淚 want to snort her flanks鈥�) and get away with it? Or use the shuttle manipulator arm and camera to give head-to-toe inspections of female colleagues, as Mullane remembers doing? And where else but in microgravity do you get a 鈥渕orning鈥� Viagra effect thanks to the redistribution of blood?On orbit opportunities abounded for the Planet AD crowd. One shuttle commander, a particularly right-wing crewmember, ordered a countdown from a colleague鈥攍iterally, 鈥�3, 2, 1, 0!鈥濃€攊n orbit so he could 鈥渟queeze 鈥� out a [fecal] muffin on that [expletive] Castro鈥� as the shuttle passed over Havana. To say that Mullane and the other Planet AD inhabitants were uninhibited is an understatement. They were living on the edge鈥攕eemingly impervious. Of course, some of the more conservative post-doctorate members and female astronauts weren鈥檛 so amused. According to the author, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, carried a heavy feminist chip on her shoulder. But other female astronauts, like Judy Resnik and Rhea Seddon, shrugged it all off and gave as good as they got.
However, discount the profane in this book, entertaining though it may be. Instead, admire Mullane鈥檚 moving description of the sacred ground of the Beach House, with its Ozzie and Harriet furniture, where the Challenger crew last saw their loved ones. And appreciate, along with Mullane, his close friendship with fellow TFNG Judy Resnik. A few strands of her hair were all that were recovered after the Challenger disaster. Considering it is doubtful we will ever read a dedicated biography of Judy Resnik, this book probably provides the best insight into her life as an astronaut. This book is an honest, sympathetic and authentic look into the fears and frustrations in these astronauts鈥� lives.
Like most astronauts of his generation, Mullane was inspired by Sputnik to spend his high school years building rockets (for 鈥渉igh school projects鈥�) with the blessing of his constantly supportive parents (he speaks fondly of his father who was crippled by polio when Mike was a boy). After flying 134 missions in Vietnam, he volunteered for the space program where he was subjected to every test known to man or beast including counting backwards by 7 (a test he failed) and a colonoscopy. 鈥淚 was determined when the NASA proctologist looked up my ass he would see pipes so dazzling he would ask the nurse to get his sunglasses.鈥�
Having passed the clean ass exam, Mullane joined a new class of trainees, the TFNGs (either the thirty five new guys or the fucking new guys depending on who you ask), the first class that NASA tried to diversify, hiring African American men and white women (including Judy Resnik and Sally Ride). Mullane has no problem accepting other races, but initially holds the same chauvinistic sexist views about women that characterized an era. He spent 12 years in all boys Catholic schools, followed by the military academy, followed by Vietnam. His only concept of women came from his mother and his wife, both of whom seemed content and fulfilled without a career. Mullane is honest about these feelings in the book, and while we can鈥檛 really cheer for him for his Road to Damascus revelation that 鈥淥h wow! Women can be as talented and as smart and as good as men,鈥� I did appreciate his candor.
And NASA clearly was a boys club. Where else can you 鈥渟nort鈥� at particularly attractive women (as in 鈥淚 want to snort her flanks鈥�) and get away with it? Or use the shuttle manipulator arm and camera to give head-to-toe inspections of female colleagues, as Mullane remembers doing? And where else but in microgravity do you get a 鈥渕orning鈥� Viagra effect thanks to the redistribution of blood?On orbit opportunities abounded for the Planet AD crowd. One shuttle commander, a particularly right-wing crewmember, ordered a countdown from a colleague鈥攍iterally, 鈥�3, 2, 1, 0!鈥濃€攊n orbit so he could 鈥渟queeze 鈥� out a [fecal] muffin on that [expletive] Castro鈥� as the shuttle passed over Havana. To say that Mullane and the other Planet AD inhabitants were uninhibited is an understatement. They were living on the edge鈥攕eemingly impervious. Of course, some of the more conservative post-doctorate members and female astronauts weren鈥檛 so amused. According to the author, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, carried a heavy feminist chip on her shoulder. But other female astronauts, like Judy Resnik and Rhea Seddon, shrugged it all off and gave as good as they got.
However, discount the profane in this book, entertaining though it may be. Instead, admire Mullane鈥檚 moving description of the sacred ground of the Beach House, with its Ozzie and Harriet furniture, where the Challenger crew last saw their loved ones. And appreciate, along with Mullane, his close friendship with fellow TFNG Judy Resnik. A few strands of her hair were all that were recovered after the Challenger disaster. Considering it is doubtful we will ever read a dedicated biography of Judy Resnik, this book probably provides the best insight into her life as an astronaut. This book is an honest, sympathetic and authentic look into the fears and frustrations in these astronauts鈥� lives.
January 28, 2024
芦袙械褉褏懈 薪邪 褕邪褌谢褨禄 袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 胁褨写 袘芯褉芯写邪褌懈泄 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪.
馃晲效邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟: 2 屑褨褋褟褑褨.
馃袩褉懈褔懈薪邪:
写芯锌懈褌谢懈胁芯 薪邪褋芯谢芯写卸褍胁邪谢邪褋褜 泻薪懈谐芯褞 褌邪 褉芯蟹褌褟谐褍胁邪谢邪 褩褩; 写懈胁懈谢邪褋褜 胁褨写械芯 蟹 袦邪谢谢械泄薪芯屑, 褕褍泻邪谢邪 写邪褌懈, 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩 褌邪 泻芯褉邪斜谢褨, 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 褌邪 褨薪褕懈褏 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁.
猸愶笍袨褑褨薪泻邪: 15/10.
袙 泻薪懈蟹褨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褎芯褌芯 蟹 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌芯谐芯 邪褉褏褨胁褍 袦邪泄泻邪, 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 蟹 锌褉邪锌芯褉芯屑 校泻褉邪褩薪懈 胁 泄芯谐芯 写芯屑褨 胁 袗谢褜斜褍泻械褉泻械. 袛芯 褎芯褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褉芯褋懈胁 写芯写邪褌懈: 芦小谢邪胁邪 校泻褉邪褩薪褨 胁 斜芯褉芯褌褜斜褨 蟹邪 袧械蟹邪谢械卸薪褨褋褌褜禄.
携泻 胁懈 胁卸械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢懈, 褉褍褋芯褎芯斜褨褟 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪褕泻邪谢褞褦 (褦 锌褉懈褔懈薪懈馃槀). 馃А.
鉂斝熝€芯 褖芯 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟?
袩褉芯 屑褉褨褞 袦邪泄泻邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 斜褍褌懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑 袧袗小袗, 锌褉芯 褩褩 胁褌褨谢械薪薪褟, 胁锌械褉褌褨褋褌褜 褌邪 卸懈褌褌褟 薪邪 褕谢褟褏褍 写芯 褩褩 蟹写褨泄褋薪械薪薪褟. 袙褨薪 褌邪泻懈 褌褉懈褔褨 谢褨褌邪胁 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋 薪邪 褕邪褌谢邪褏 褟泻 褋锌械褑褨邪谢褨褋褌 屑褨褋褨泄: STS-41D (1984) 薪邪 芦袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨禄, STS-27 (1988) i STS-36 (1990) 薪邪 芦袗褌谢邪薪褌懈褋褨禄. 袦邪泄泻 褖械 泄 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻 袙袩小 小楔袗 褍 胁褨写褋褌邪胁褑褨.
袣薪懈谐邪 胁褨写胁械褉褌邪 褌邪 褨薪褌懈屑薪邪. 袣薪懈谐邪 褋屑褨褕薪邪. 袣薪懈谐邪 褖械屑泻邪. 孝邪屑 屑芯褉械 泻芯薪褋褌褉褍泻褌懈胁薪芯褩 泻褉懈褌懈泻懈 写芯 褉芯斜芯褌懈 袧袗小袗 褌邪 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪懈褏 锌褉芯械泻褌褨胁. 袉 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹 褌懈屑 褖械 斜褨谢褜褕邪 褌邪 蟹邪褌褟褌褨褕邪 谢褞斜芯胁 写芯 泻芯褋屑芯褋褍.
携 薪械 蟹薪邪谢邪, 褖芯 写褨褌械泄 胁褔懈谢懈 蟹斜懈褉邪褌懈 褉邪泻械褌懈 褨 褉芯斜懈褌懈 褉邪泻械褌薪械 锌邪谢懈胁芯. 馃し鈥嶁檧锔�.
袧械 锌邪屑始褟褌邪褞, 褖芯斜 褟 锌邪谢泻芯 屑褉褨褟谢邪 泻芯谢懈褋褜 谢械褌褨褌懈 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋. 袩褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈 褟 薪邪胁褉褟写 薪邪 0,00001% 褏芯褔褍 褌褍写懈 谢械褌褨褌懈. 袧褍 褔懈褋褌芯 褌械芯褉械褌懈褔薪芯, 蟹邪谐谢褟薪褍褌懈 褟泻 褌邪屑 - 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 袗谢械 胁褌褨谢褞胁邪褌懈 褑械 蟹 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈屑懈 褉懈蟹懈泻邪屑懈 - 写褍卸械 薪邪胁褉褟写. 笑械 屑邪斜褍褌褜 薪械 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪芯, 邪谢械 褔械褋薪芯.
袗 褖械, 邪胁褌芯褉 锌懈褕械 锌褉芯 袣褨褉泻邪 褨 泻谢褨薪谐芯薪褋褜泻芯谐芯 泻芯褉邪斜谢褟馃槀馃槀馃槀, 邪 褑械 卸 褋褦泻褌邪 褋胁芯褩褏馃槀. 些械 褟泻褖芯 泄 褋械褉褨邪谢 芦褌械芯褉褨褟 胁械谢懈泻芯谐芯 胁懈斜褍褏褍禄 谢褞斜懈褕.
馃檲袦芯褦 芯斜褍褉械薪薪褟:
薪械胁褨褉薪褨褋褌褜 褌邪屑邪褉懈薪-褎邪泻褌芯褉褍, 屑芯蟹泻芯胁懈斜褍褏芯胁褨褋褌褜 屑邪褦 斜褍褌懈 胁懈褖芯褞.
袧邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 胁懈 蟹薪邪谢懈, 褖芯 胁 褕邪褌谢邪褏 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褋懈褋褌械屑懈 械胁邪泻褍邪褑褨褩 锌械褉褋芯薪邪谢褍?
袧褍 胁 褋泻褨谢褜泻芯褏 泻薪懈谐邪褏 邪胁褌芯褉 褉芯蟹泻邪卸械 锌褉芯 泻械褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪懈屑 泻芯褉邪斜谢械屑, 锌褉芯 胁懈锌褉芯斜褍胁邪薪薪褟 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 锌褉芯 卸邪褉谐芯薪 褌邪 锌褨写泻芯谢懈 褨蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌懈 袟袪 (褨褎 褞 薪芯褍, 胁芯褌 邪泄 屑褨薪), 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 泻邪泻邪褌懈 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨, 褩褋褌懈 泄 屑懈褌懈褋褟. 袩褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 褑械 斜邪褔懈褌懈 锌谢邪薪械褌褍, 芯泻械邪薪懈, 锌械褉械谢懈胁邪薪薪褟 褋胁褨褌谢邪 薪邪 锌褍褋褌械谢褟褏, 褨 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟. 袩褉芯 胁褋褨 褌褨 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪薪薪褟, 褖芯 锌褉芯褏芯写褟褌褜 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 褌邪 褩褏 褉芯写懈薪懈.
袙邪褍, 褋谢芯胁芯屑.
馃摎袩械褉械泻谢邪写.
携褉芯褋谢邪胁邪 袩邪薪泻芯, 写褟泻褍褞 胁邪屑 蟹邪 褏芯褉芯褕懈泄 卸懈胁懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写: 泻薪懈谐邪 褔懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 械屑芯褑褨泄薪芯, 谢械谐泻芯, 胁械褋械谢芯 褌邪 褋屑褨褕薪芯, 薪械 褕锌芯褉褌邪褦褕褋褟 芯斜 褋谢芯胁邪 褔懈 泻芯薪褋褌褉褍泻褑褨褩 褉械褔械薪褜.
馃し鈥嶁檧锔徯喰叫盒拘恍� 褟 谢芯胁懈谢邪 褋械斜械 薪邪 写褍屑褑褨 褔懈 褌芯褔薪芯 袦邪泄泻 邪胁褌芯褉, 褔懈 褏褌芯褋褜 褨薪褕懈泄 锌懈褋邪胁 泻薪懈谐褍. 袘褨谢褜褕褨褋褌褜 泻薪懈谐懈 褟 斜褍谢邪 胁褉邪卸械薪邪 锌褨写褌褉懈屑泻芯褞 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍卸懈薪懈 袛芯薪薪懈. 袙芯薪邪 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈谢邪 褋胁芯褦 卸懈褌褌褟 蟹写褨泄褋薪械薪薪褞 屑褉褨褩 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪, 胁懈褉芯褋褌懈谢邪 褌褉褜芯褏 写褨褌械泄 褨 卸懈谢邪 卸懈褌褌褟屑 褨薪褕芯褩 谢褞写懈薪懈. 携 斜 薪邪胁褉褟写 屑芯谐谢邪 褋褌邪褌懈 褌邪泻芯褞. 笑械 褌懈褌邪薪褨褔薪邪 褉芯斜芯褌邪. 袉 邪胁褌芯褉 褑械 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯 褍褋胁褨写芯屑谢褞褦, 斜芯 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈胁 写褉褍卸懈薪褨 褑褨谢懈泄 褉芯蟹写褨谢.
馃А袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 褋褌邪胁 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑 胁 褔邪褋 蟹芯谢芯褌芯褩 写芯斜懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌褨胁 褕邪褌谢褍, 胁 褔邪褋 锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟屑 褋褍褋锌褨谢褜褋褌胁芯屑 卸褨薪芯泻 褟泻 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨泄薪懈褏 芯写懈薪懈褑褜, 胁 褔邪褋 锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟 袥袚袘孝 褌邪 薪邪褑.屑械薪褕懈薪. 袣褉褍褌芯 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 邪泻褑械薪褌褍褦 薪邪 蟹屑褨薪械薪褨泄 写褍屑褑褨 锌褉芯 卸褨薪芯泻: 芦褟 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁, 褖芯 胁芯薪懈 卸懈胁褨 谢褞写懈, 蟹 屑褉褨褟屑懈 褨 邪屑斜褨褑褨褟屑懈, 褟泻褨 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌芯褌褉械斜褍褞褌褜 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 胁懈褟胁懈褌懈 褋械斜械禄.
袧械 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁褨 褍屑芯胁懈, 薪械 褌懈褋泻 褔懈 泻锌懈薪懈. 袗 锌褉芯褋褌芯 屑芯卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜.
携 薪械 褋锌芯泄谢械褉懈褌懈屑褍 泻薪懈谐褍.
小泻邪卸褍 谢懈褕械, 褖芯 褑械 褌械锌械褉 芯写薪邪 褨蟹 屑芯褩褏 薪邪泄-薪邪泄-薪邪泄 鉂わ笍 泻薪懈谐.
袉 写褟泻褍褞 泻芯屑邪薪写褨 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪邪, 褖芯 芯斜褉邪谢懈 褋邪屑械 褩褩.
馃晲效邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟: 2 屑褨褋褟褑褨.
馃袩褉懈褔懈薪邪:
写芯锌懈褌谢懈胁芯 薪邪褋芯谢芯写卸褍胁邪谢邪褋褜 泻薪懈谐芯褞 褌邪 褉芯蟹褌褟谐褍胁邪谢邪 褩褩; 写懈胁懈谢邪褋褜 胁褨写械芯 蟹 袦邪谢谢械泄薪芯屑, 褕褍泻邪谢邪 写邪褌懈, 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩 褌邪 泻芯褉邪斜谢褨, 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎懈 褌邪 褨薪褕懈褏 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁.
猸愶笍袨褑褨薪泻邪: 15/10.
袙 泻薪懈蟹褨 斜邪谐邪褌芯 褎芯褌芯 蟹 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌芯谐芯 邪褉褏褨胁褍 袦邪泄泻邪, 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 蟹 锌褉邪锌芯褉芯屑 校泻褉邪褩薪懈 胁 泄芯谐芯 写芯屑褨 胁 袗谢褜斜褍泻械褉泻械. 袛芯 褎芯褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉 锌褉芯褋懈胁 写芯写邪褌懈: 芦小谢邪胁邪 校泻褉邪褩薪褨 胁 斜芯褉芯褌褜斜褨 蟹邪 袧械蟹邪谢械卸薪褨褋褌褜禄.
携泻 胁懈 胁卸械 蟹褉芯蟹褍屑褨谢懈, 褉褍褋芯褎芯斜褨褟 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪褕泻邪谢褞褦 (褦 锌褉懈褔懈薪懈馃槀). 馃А.
鉂斝熝€芯 褖芯 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟?
袩褉芯 屑褉褨褞 袦邪泄泻邪 袦邪谢谢械泄薪邪 斜褍褌懈 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑 袧袗小袗, 锌褉芯 褩褩 胁褌褨谢械薪薪褟, 胁锌械褉褌褨褋褌褜 褌邪 卸懈褌褌褟 薪邪 褕谢褟褏褍 写芯 褩褩 蟹写褨泄褋薪械薪薪褟. 袙褨薪 褌邪泻懈 褌褉懈褔褨 谢褨褌邪胁 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋 薪邪 褕邪褌谢邪褏 褟泻 褋锌械褑褨邪谢褨褋褌 屑褨褋褨泄: STS-41D (1984) 薪邪 芦袛褨褋泻邪胁械褉褨禄, STS-27 (1988) i STS-36 (1990) 薪邪 芦袗褌谢邪薪褌懈褋褨禄. 袦邪泄泻 褖械 泄 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻 袙袩小 小楔袗 褍 胁褨写褋褌邪胁褑褨.
袣薪懈谐邪 胁褨写胁械褉褌邪 褌邪 褨薪褌懈屑薪邪. 袣薪懈谐邪 褋屑褨褕薪邪. 袣薪懈谐邪 褖械屑泻邪. 孝邪屑 屑芯褉械 泻芯薪褋褌褉褍泻褌懈胁薪芯褩 泻褉懈褌懈泻懈 写芯 褉芯斜芯褌懈 袧袗小袗 褌邪 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪懈褏 锌褉芯械泻褌褨胁. 袉 褉邪蟹芯屑 蟹 褌懈屑 褖械 斜褨谢褜褕邪 褌邪 蟹邪褌褟褌褨褕邪 谢褞斜芯胁 写芯 泻芯褋屑芯褋褍.
携 薪械 蟹薪邪谢邪, 褖芯 写褨褌械泄 胁褔懈谢懈 蟹斜懈褉邪褌懈 褉邪泻械褌懈 褨 褉芯斜懈褌懈 褉邪泻械褌薪械 锌邪谢懈胁芯. 馃し鈥嶁檧锔�.
袧械 锌邪屑始褟褌邪褞, 褖芯斜 褟 锌邪谢泻芯 屑褉褨褟谢邪 泻芯谢懈褋褜 谢械褌褨褌懈 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋. 袩褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈 褟 薪邪胁褉褟写 薪邪 0,00001% 褏芯褔褍 褌褍写懈 谢械褌褨褌懈. 袧褍 褔懈褋褌芯 褌械芯褉械褌懈褔薪芯, 蟹邪谐谢褟薪褍褌懈 褟泻 褌邪屑 - 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 袗谢械 胁褌褨谢褞胁邪褌懈 褑械 蟹 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈屑懈 褉懈蟹懈泻邪屑懈 - 写褍卸械 薪邪胁褉褟写. 笑械 屑邪斜褍褌褜 薪械 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪芯, 邪谢械 褔械褋薪芯.
袗 褖械, 邪胁褌芯褉 锌懈褕械 锌褉芯 袣褨褉泻邪 褨 泻谢褨薪谐芯薪褋褜泻芯谐芯 泻芯褉邪斜谢褟馃槀馃槀馃槀, 邪 褑械 卸 褋褦泻褌邪 褋胁芯褩褏馃槀. 些械 褟泻褖芯 泄 褋械褉褨邪谢 芦褌械芯褉褨褟 胁械谢懈泻芯谐芯 胁懈斜褍褏褍禄 谢褞斜懈褕.
馃檲袦芯褦 芯斜褍褉械薪薪褟:
薪械胁褨褉薪褨褋褌褜 褌邪屑邪褉懈薪-褎邪泻褌芯褉褍, 屑芯蟹泻芯胁懈斜褍褏芯胁褨褋褌褜 屑邪褦 斜褍褌懈 胁懈褖芯褞.
袧邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 胁懈 蟹薪邪谢懈, 褖芯 胁 褕邪褌谢邪褏 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褋懈褋褌械屑懈 械胁邪泻褍邪褑褨褩 锌械褉褋芯薪邪谢褍?
袧褍 胁 褋泻褨谢褜泻芯褏 泻薪懈谐邪褏 邪胁褌芯褉 褉芯蟹泻邪卸械 锌褉芯 泻械褉褍胁邪薪薪褟 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪懈屑 泻芯褉邪斜谢械屑, 锌褉芯 胁懈锌褉芯斜褍胁邪薪薪褟 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 锌褉芯 卸邪褉谐芯薪 褌邪 锌褨写泻芯谢懈 褨蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌懈 袟袪 (褨褎 褞 薪芯褍, 胁芯褌 邪泄 屑褨薪), 锌褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 泻邪泻邪褌懈 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨, 褩褋褌懈 泄 屑懈褌懈褋褟. 袩褉芯 褌械, 褟泻 褑械 斜邪褔懈褌懈 锌谢邪薪械褌褍, 芯泻械邪薪懈, 锌械褉械谢懈胁邪薪薪褟 褋胁褨褌谢邪 薪邪 锌褍褋褌械谢褟褏, 褨 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟. 袩褉芯 胁褋褨 褌褨 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪薪薪褟, 褖芯 锌褉芯褏芯写褟褌褜 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 褌邪 褩褏 褉芯写懈薪懈.
袙邪褍, 褋谢芯胁芯屑.
馃摎袩械褉械泻谢邪写.
携褉芯褋谢邪胁邪 袩邪薪泻芯, 写褟泻褍褞 胁邪屑 蟹邪 褏芯褉芯褕懈泄 卸懈胁懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写: 泻薪懈谐邪 褔懈褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 械屑芯褑褨泄薪芯, 谢械谐泻芯, 胁械褋械谢芯 褌邪 褋屑褨褕薪芯, 薪械 褕锌芯褉褌邪褦褕褋褟 芯斜 褋谢芯胁邪 褔懈 泻芯薪褋褌褉褍泻褑褨褩 褉械褔械薪褜.
馃し鈥嶁檧锔徯喰叫盒拘恍� 褟 谢芯胁懈谢邪 褋械斜械 薪邪 写褍屑褑褨 褔懈 褌芯褔薪芯 袦邪泄泻 邪胁褌芯褉, 褔懈 褏褌芯褋褜 褨薪褕懈泄 锌懈褋邪胁 泻薪懈谐褍. 袘褨谢褜褕褨褋褌褜 泻薪懈谐懈 褟 斜褍谢邪 胁褉邪卸械薪邪 锌褨写褌褉懈屑泻芯褞 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍卸懈薪懈 袛芯薪薪懈. 袙芯薪邪 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈谢邪 褋胁芯褦 卸懈褌褌褟 蟹写褨泄褋薪械薪薪褞 屑褉褨褩 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪, 胁懈褉芯褋褌懈谢邪 褌褉褜芯褏 写褨褌械泄 褨 卸懈谢邪 卸懈褌褌褟屑 褨薪褕芯褩 谢褞写懈薪懈. 携 斜 薪邪胁褉褟写 屑芯谐谢邪 褋褌邪褌懈 褌邪泻芯褞. 笑械 褌懈褌邪薪褨褔薪邪 褉芯斜芯褌邪. 袉 邪胁褌芯褉 褑械 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯 褍褋胁褨写芯屑谢褞褦, 斜芯 锌褉懈褋胁褟褌懈胁 写褉褍卸懈薪褨 褑褨谢懈泄 褉芯蟹写褨谢.
馃А袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 褋褌邪胁 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑 胁 褔邪褋 蟹芯谢芯褌芯褩 写芯斜懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌褨胁 褕邪褌谢褍, 胁 褔邪褋 锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟屑 褋褍褋锌褨谢褜褋褌胁芯屑 卸褨薪芯泻 褟泻 褋邪屑芯褋褌褨泄薪懈褏 芯写懈薪懈褑褜, 胁 褔邪褋 锌褉懈泄薪褟褌褌褟 袥袚袘孝 褌邪 薪邪褑.屑械薪褕懈薪. 袣褉褍褌芯 褖芯 邪胁褌芯褉 邪泻褑械薪褌褍褦 薪邪 蟹屑褨薪械薪褨泄 写褍屑褑褨 锌褉芯 卸褨薪芯泻: 芦褟 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁, 褖芯 胁芯薪懈 卸懈胁褨 谢褞写懈, 蟹 屑褉褨褟屑懈 褨 邪屑斜褨褑褨褟屑懈, 褟泻褨 锌褉芯褋褌芯 锌芯褌褉械斜褍褞褌褜 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 胁懈褟胁懈褌懈 褋械斜械禄.
袧械 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁褨 褍屑芯胁懈, 薪械 褌懈褋泻 褔懈 泻锌懈薪懈. 袗 锌褉芯褋褌芯 屑芯卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜.
携 薪械 褋锌芯泄谢械褉懈褌懈屑褍 泻薪懈谐褍.
小泻邪卸褍 谢懈褕械, 褖芯 褑械 褌械锌械褉 芯写薪邪 褨蟹 屑芯褩褏 薪邪泄-薪邪泄-薪邪泄 鉂わ笍 泻薪懈谐.
袉 写褟泻褍褞 泻芯屑邪薪写褨 孝邪屑邪褉懈薪邪, 褖芯 芯斜褉邪谢懈 褋邪屑械 褩褩.
July 13, 2024
袩褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈 胁懈 斜褍写械褌械 蟹薪邪褌懈 胁褋褨 写械褌邪谢褨 锌褉芯 褋锌芯褉褟写卸械薪薪褟, 锌褨写谐芯褌芯胁泻褍 写芯 锌芯褏芯写褍 胁 褌褍邪谢械褌 褌邪 薪邪胁褨褌褜 锌褉芯 械褉械泻褑褨褞 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋褨.
袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 胁褏芯写懈胁 褍 锌械褉褕褍 谐褉褍锌褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪芯谐芯 褕邪褌谢邪 褨 锌芯斜褍胁邪胁 褍 褌褉褜芯褏 屑褨褋褨褟褏. 袙褨薪 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻 袙袩小 褌邪 胁械褌械褉邪薪 胁褨泄薪懈. 袧邪 卸邪谢褜, 褔械褉械蟹 锌芯谐邪薪懈泄 蟹褨褉 胁褨薪 褌邪泻 褨 薪械 蟹屑褨谐 褋褌邪褌懈 锌褨谢芯褌芯屑, 邪谢械 蟹屑褨谐 胁胁褨泄褌懈 胁 袧袗小袗. 袦邪泄泻 褍 褋胁芯褩泄 泻薪懈蟹褨 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 薪械 谢懈褕械 锌褉芯 泻芯褋屑芯褋, 邪 褨 锌褉芯 褨薪褕褨 锌芯写褨褩, 锌芯胁鈥櫻徯沸靶窖� 蟹 褌懈屑, 褖芯 胁褨薪 褋褌邪胁 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑: 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁邪 蟹褨 蟹薪邪屑械薪懈褌芯褋褌褟屑懈, 胁褨蟹懈褌 褍 袘褨谢懈泄 袛褨屑.
校 薪褜芯谐芯 褔褍写芯胁懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褌邪 胁屑褨薪薪褟 褋屑褨褟褌懈褋褟 蟹 褋邪屑芯谐芯 褋械斜械. 袡芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪芯 薪邪褋懈褔械薪械 薪邪 锌芯写褨褩, 褌芯屑褍 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褑械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 袩褉邪胁写邪, 褨薪泻芯谢懈 胁褨薪 胁写邪胁邪胁褋褟 胁 蟹邪薪邪写褌芯 胁械谢懈泻褍 泻褨谢褜泻褨褋褌褜 写械褌邪谢械泄, 薪邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 锌褉芯 胁写褟谐邪薪薪褟 锌褉械蟹械褉胁邪褌懈胁邪 锌械褉械写 蟹谢褜芯褌芯屑. 孝芯屑褍 蟹邪蟹薪邪褔械薪薪褟 芦芯斜褍褉谢懈胁褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩禄 写褍卸械 胁谢褍褔薪芯 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写邪褦 褌芯屑褍, 锌褉芯 褖芯 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 袦邪泄泻.
袩褉芯褌械 褋褍屑薪芯, 褖芯 锌褉芯 褋邪屑褨 屑褨褋褨褩 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜褋褟 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯. 袛胁褨褔褨 袦邪泄泻 屑邪胁 蟹邪褋械泻褉械褔械薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 蟹邪褉邪蟹 薪械 屑芯卸械 锌芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨褋褌懈 锌褉芯 薪懈褏. 袟邪褌械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯 泄芯谐芯 胁谢邪褋薪械 蟹邪褏芯锌谢械薪薪褟 泻芯褋屑芯褋芯屑, 胁懈谐谢褟写 袟械屑谢褨 褌邪 锌械褉械斜褍胁邪薪薪褟 胁 泻邪斜褨薪褨. 袙褨薪 薪械 胁写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁 写械褌邪谢褨 褋邪屑懈褏 屑褨褋褨泄, 邪谢械 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 胁谢邪褋薪褨 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟 胁褨写 薪懈褏, 写芯蟹胁芯谢褟褞褔懈 薪邪屑 薪邪 褋械泻褍薪写褍 褍褟胁懈褌懈 褋械斜械 薪邪 泄芯谐芯 屑褨褋褑褨.
笑褨泻邪胁芯 斜褍谢芯 褌邪泻芯卸 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 泄芯谐芯 褉芯蟹写褍屑懈 褖芯写芯 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁邪 袧袗小袗, 锌褉懈褔懈薪 褌褉邪谐械写褨泄 褌邪 锌褉芯褑械褋褍 褋褍锌褉芯胁芯写褍 写褉褍卸懈薪. 袘褍谢芯 褋褍屑薪芯 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褌懈, 褖芯 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎褨 褕邪褌谢邪 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉禄 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 蟹邪锌芯斜褨谐褌懈, 褟泻斜懈 袧袗小袗 薪械 锌芯褔邪谢懈 胁胁邪卸邪褌懈 褋械斜械 胁褋械屑芯谐褍褌薪褨屑懈 褨 泄褌懈 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻懈 锌芯谢褨褌懈泻邪屑. 效械褉械蟹 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 褋械褉械写 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 斜褍谢邪 锌褉懈谐薪褨褔械薪邪, 锌芯胁薪邪 褋褌褉邪褏褍 褨 薪械屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 胁懈褋谢芯胁懈褌懈 胁谢邪褋薪褨 写褍屑泻懈. 携泻斜懈 胁芯薪懈 屑邪谢懈 斜褨谢褜褕械 胁锌械胁薪械薪芯褋褌褨 褌邪 胁蟹邪褦屑芯写褨褩 蟹 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯屑, 褌芯 锌褉芯褑械褋懈 泄褕谢懈 斜 薪邪斜邪谐邪褌芯 泻褉邪褖械, 褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪褨褕械 褋褌邪胁懈谢芯褋褜 斜懈 写芯 斜械蟹锌械泻懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌褨胁, 邪 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 薪械 斜芯褟谢懈褋褜 斜懈 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈 锌褉芯 褨褋薪褍褞褔褨 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈.
孝邪泻芯卸 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褜, 薪邪褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 褖懈褉懈屑 斜褍胁 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 锌褉懈 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褨 锌褉芯 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 褖芯 褨褋薪褍胁邪胁 褋械褉械写 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 褨 写褍卸械 褌褨褕懈褌褜, 褖芯 泻芯卸薪芯谐芯 褉邪蟹褍 胁褨薪 锌褨写泻褉械褋谢褞胁邪胁, 褖芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑邪 斜褍谢邪 褋邪屑械 胁 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪褏. 效芯谢芯胁褨泻懈, 褟泻褨 蟹胁懈泻谢懈 褨褋薪褍胁邪褌懈 谢懈褕械 褋械褉械写 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻褨胁. 效芯谢芯胁褨泻懈 蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌懈, 褟泻 胁褨薪 褑械 薪邪蟹懈胁邪胁, 袟袪 (蟹邪褌褉懈屑泻邪 褉芯蟹胁懈褌泻褍). 袩褉芯褌械 胁褨薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦, 褟泻 蟹 褔邪褋芯屑 褋懈褌褍邪褑褨褟 锌芯褔邪谢邪 蟹屑褨薪褞胁邪褌懈褋褟, 褨 褟泻 胁褨薪 褋邪屑 锌芯褔邪胁 蟹芯胁褋褨屑 锌芯-褨薪褕芯屑褍 写懈胁懈褌懈褋褟 薪邪 卸褨薪芯泻 褌邪 褩褏薪褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨. 袙械谢懈泻懈泄 胁锌谢懈胁 薪邪 褑械 屑邪谢邪 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍卸斜邪 蟹 袛卸褍写褨褌, 褟泻邪 蟹邪谐懈薪褍谢邪 薪邪 斜芯褉褌褍 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪禄. 袘褍谢芯 锌褉懈褦屑薪芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈, 褟泻 胁褨薪 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢褞褦 胁谢邪褋薪械 褋褌邪胁谢械薪薪褟 写芯 卸褨薪芯泻 褨 褔芯屑褍 卸 胁 薪懈褏 蟹 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪, 褟泻 褍 薪褜芯谐芯, 薪械 斜褍谢芯 斜邪卸邪薪薪褟 蟹谢褨褌邪褌懈 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋.
携 褋锌褉邪胁写褨 芯褌褉懈屑邪谢邪 胁械谢懈泻械 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 胁褨写 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 褑褨褦褩 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 邪谢械 写褍卸械 褋褍屑薪芯, 褖芯 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 薪械 褑褨薪褍胁邪谢芯 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 褌邪 褩褏薪褦 卸懈褌褌褟. 携泻 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褌邪泻 斜邪泄写褍卸械 褋褌邪胁懈褌懈褋褟 写芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑 褨蟹 褕褌褍泻芯褞, 褖芯 谢械褌懈褌褜 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋?!
袦邪泄泻 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 胁褏芯写懈胁 褍 锌械褉褕褍 谐褉褍锌褍 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 泻芯褋屑褨褔薪芯谐芯 褕邪褌谢邪 褨 锌芯斜褍胁邪胁 褍 褌褉褜芯褏 屑褨褋褨褟褏. 袙褨薪 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻 袙袩小 褌邪 胁械褌械褉邪薪 胁褨泄薪懈. 袧邪 卸邪谢褜, 褔械褉械蟹 锌芯谐邪薪懈泄 蟹褨褉 胁褨薪 褌邪泻 褨 薪械 蟹屑褨谐 褋褌邪褌懈 锌褨谢芯褌芯屑, 邪谢械 蟹屑褨谐 胁胁褨泄褌懈 胁 袧袗小袗. 袦邪泄泻 褍 褋胁芯褩泄 泻薪懈蟹褨 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 薪械 谢懈褕械 锌褉芯 泻芯褋屑芯褋, 邪 褨 锌褉芯 褨薪褕褨 锌芯写褨褩, 锌芯胁鈥櫻徯沸靶窖� 蟹 褌懈屑, 褖芯 胁褨薪 褋褌邪胁 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌芯屑: 蟹薪邪泄芯屑褋褌胁邪 蟹褨 蟹薪邪屑械薪懈褌芯褋褌褟屑懈, 胁褨蟹懈褌 褍 袘褨谢懈泄 袛褨屑.
校 薪褜芯谐芯 褔褍写芯胁懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褌邪 胁屑褨薪薪褟 褋屑褨褟褌懈褋褟 蟹 褋邪屑芯谐芯 褋械斜械. 袡芯谐芯 卸懈褌褌褟 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪芯 薪邪褋懈褔械薪械 薪邪 锌芯写褨褩, 褌芯屑褍 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褑械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯. 袩褉邪胁写邪, 褨薪泻芯谢懈 胁褨薪 胁写邪胁邪胁褋褟 胁 蟹邪薪邪写褌芯 胁械谢懈泻褍 泻褨谢褜泻褨褋褌褜 写械褌邪谢械泄, 薪邪锌褉懈泻谢邪写, 锌褉芯 胁写褟谐邪薪薪褟 锌褉械蟹械褉胁邪褌懈胁邪 锌械褉械写 蟹谢褜芯褌芯屑. 孝芯屑褍 蟹邪蟹薪邪褔械薪薪褟 芦芯斜褍褉谢懈胁褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩禄 写褍卸械 胁谢褍褔薪芯 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写邪褦 褌芯屑褍, 锌褉芯 褖芯 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 袦邪泄泻.
袩褉芯褌械 褋褍屑薪芯, 褖芯 锌褉芯 褋邪屑褨 屑褨褋褨褩 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜褋褟 写褍卸械 屑邪谢芯. 袛胁褨褔褨 袦邪泄泻 屑邪胁 蟹邪褋械泻褉械褔械薪褨 屑褨褋褨褩 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 蟹邪褉邪蟹 薪械 屑芯卸械 锌芯胁薪褨褋褌褞 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨褋褌懈 锌褉芯 薪懈褏. 袟邪褌械 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦褌褜褋褟 锌褉芯 泄芯谐芯 胁谢邪褋薪械 蟹邪褏芯锌谢械薪薪褟 泻芯褋屑芯褋芯屑, 胁懈谐谢褟写 袟械屑谢褨 褌邪 锌械褉械斜褍胁邪薪薪褟 胁 泻邪斜褨薪褨. 袙褨薪 薪械 胁写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁 写械褌邪谢褨 褋邪屑懈褏 屑褨褋褨泄, 邪谢械 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦 锌褉芯 胁谢邪褋薪褨 锌芯褔褍褌褌褟 胁褨写 薪懈褏, 写芯蟹胁芯谢褟褞褔懈 薪邪屑 薪邪 褋械泻褍薪写褍 褍褟胁懈褌懈 褋械斜械 薪邪 泄芯谐芯 屑褨褋褑褨.
笑褨泻邪胁芯 斜褍谢芯 褌邪泻芯卸 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 泄芯谐芯 褉芯蟹写褍屑懈 褖芯写芯 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁邪 袧袗小袗, 锌褉懈褔懈薪 褌褉邪谐械写褨泄 褌邪 锌褉芯褑械褋褍 褋褍锌褉芯胁芯写褍 写褉褍卸懈薪. 袘褍谢芯 褋褍屑薪芯 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褌懈, 褖芯 泻邪褌邪褋褌褉芯褎褨 褕邪褌谢邪 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉禄 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 蟹邪锌芯斜褨谐褌懈, 褟泻斜懈 袧袗小袗 薪械 锌芯褔邪谢懈 胁胁邪卸邪褌懈 褋械斜械 胁褋械屑芯谐褍褌薪褨屑懈 褨 泄褌懈 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻懈 锌芯谢褨褌懈泻邪屑. 效械褉械蟹 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 褋械褉械写 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 斜褍谢邪 锌褉懈谐薪褨褔械薪邪, 锌芯胁薪邪 褋褌褉邪褏褍 褨 薪械屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 胁懈褋谢芯胁懈褌懈 胁谢邪褋薪褨 写褍屑泻懈. 携泻斜懈 胁芯薪懈 屑邪谢懈 斜褨谢褜褕械 胁锌械胁薪械薪芯褋褌褨 褌邪 胁蟹邪褦屑芯写褨褩 蟹 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯屑, 褌芯 锌褉芯褑械褋懈 泄褕谢懈 斜 薪邪斜邪谐邪褌芯 泻褉邪褖械, 褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 褋械褉泄芯蟹薪褨褕械 褋褌邪胁懈谢芯褋褜 斜懈 写芯 斜械蟹锌械泻懈 锌芯谢褜芯褌褨胁, 邪 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌懈 薪械 斜芯褟谢懈褋褜 斜懈 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈 锌褉芯 褨褋薪褍褞褔褨 锌褉芯斜谢械屑懈.
孝邪泻芯卸 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褜, 薪邪褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 褖懈褉懈屑 斜褍胁 袦邪谢谢械泄薪 锌褉懈 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褨 锌褉芯 褋械泻褋懈蟹屑, 褖芯 褨褋薪褍胁邪胁 褋械褉械写 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁, 褨 写褍卸械 褌褨褕懈褌褜, 褖芯 泻芯卸薪芯谐芯 褉邪蟹褍 胁褨薪 锌褨写泻褉械褋谢褞胁邪胁, 褖芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑邪 斜褍谢邪 褋邪屑械 胁 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪褏. 效芯谢芯胁褨泻懈, 褟泻褨 蟹胁懈泻谢懈 褨褋薪褍胁邪褌懈 谢懈褕械 褋械褉械写 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻褨胁. 效芯谢芯胁褨泻懈 蟹 锌谢邪薪械褌懈, 褟泻 胁褨薪 褑械 薪邪蟹懈胁邪胁, 袟袪 (蟹邪褌褉懈屑泻邪 褉芯蟹胁懈褌泻褍). 袩褉芯褌械 胁褨薪 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写邪褦, 褟泻 蟹 褔邪褋芯屑 褋懈褌褍邪褑褨褟 锌芯褔邪谢邪 蟹屑褨薪褞胁邪褌懈褋褟, 褨 褟泻 胁褨薪 褋邪屑 锌芯褔邪胁 蟹芯胁褋褨屑 锌芯-褨薪褕芯屑褍 写懈胁懈褌懈褋褟 薪邪 卸褨薪芯泻 褌邪 褩褏薪褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨. 袙械谢懈泻懈泄 胁锌谢懈胁 薪邪 褑械 屑邪谢邪 泄芯谐芯 写褉褍卸斜邪 蟹 袛卸褍写褨褌, 褟泻邪 蟹邪谐懈薪褍谢邪 薪邪 斜芯褉褌褍 芦效械谢谢械薪写卸械褉邪禄. 袘褍谢芯 锌褉懈褦屑薪芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈, 褟泻 胁褨薪 锌械褉械芯褋屑懈褋谢褞褦 胁谢邪褋薪械 褋褌邪胁谢械薪薪褟 写芯 卸褨薪芯泻 褨 褔芯屑褍 卸 胁 薪懈褏 蟹 写懈褌懈薪褋褌胁邪, 褟泻 褍 薪褜芯谐芯, 薪械 斜褍谢芯 斜邪卸邪薪薪褟 蟹谢褨褌邪褌懈 褍 泻芯褋屑芯褋.
携 褋锌褉邪胁写褨 芯褌褉懈屑邪谢邪 胁械谢懈泻械 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢械薪薪褟 胁褨写 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 褑褨褦褩 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 邪谢械 写褍卸械 褋褍屑薪芯, 褖芯 泻械褉褨胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 薪械 褑褨薪褍胁邪谢芯 邪褋褌褉芯薪邪胁褌褨胁 褌邪 褩褏薪褦 卸懈褌褌褟. 携泻 屑芯卸薪邪 斜褍谢芯 褌邪泻 斜邪泄写褍卸械 褋褌邪胁懈褌懈褋褟 写芯 锌褉芯斜谢械屑 褨蟹 褕褌褍泻芯褞, 褖芯 谢械褌懈褌褜 胁 泻芯褋屑芯褋?!
June 20, 2015
I've written this review about thirty times in my head. After reading An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, I wanted more space. I read the summary for this, but rejected it until Mary Roach mentioned it as "if you only read one astronaut biography, read this one". (Her book was published before Hadfield's.)
It's...hysterical. I literally laughed until I cried at some points. Mullane writes irreverently about the first decade of the space shuttle program, revealing NASA as it was, warts and all.
But oh, the misogyny. It dripped from every page, lurking in every chapter and leaping out at unexpected moments. I suspect Mullane is beloved friend, husband, and father, but the contempt he holds for people (read: women) unwilling to put up with his "Planet Arrested Development" outlook is stomach-churning. It makes me sad and upset that this guy was an astronaut, who got to go into space three times, representing his country. It makes me angry that someone published what he says about women in the 21st century. There are places in the narrative where he almost seems to apologize for his behavior - he lays out what he did or said, elevates the person who put up with it for, well, putting up with it, but he never condemns himself or his fellow astronauts or apologizes in any way. No mention about they shouldn't have had to put up with it in the first place.
He almost, almost pulls it up at the end, outlining what he learned about the bravery and dedication of women (and civilian post-docs, the poor things) and how it changed him. There's a particularly moving story where he first notes angrily that all these women probably just up and decided to be astronauts when they saw a poster on a job bulletin board...only to come to the realization that a little girl seeing Sputnik go up in the 1950s and wanting to be an astronaut would be discouraged at every turn, unlike Mullane, who had the full, enthusiastic support of his parents, teachers, and the military. I'm just not sure if it makes up for the previous 350 rage-inducing pages of "god, feminists, why so uptight?"
In the end, his attitude made it hard to take his complaints about the organizational structure of NASA at the time and how it lead to the Challenger incident. Sorry dude, but while you were a small cog in the machine, the "Right Stuff" attitude held by you and most everyone else in the space program at the time only contributed.
It's...hysterical. I literally laughed until I cried at some points. Mullane writes irreverently about the first decade of the space shuttle program, revealing NASA as it was, warts and all.
But oh, the misogyny. It dripped from every page, lurking in every chapter and leaping out at unexpected moments. I suspect Mullane is beloved friend, husband, and father, but the contempt he holds for people (read: women) unwilling to put up with his "Planet Arrested Development" outlook is stomach-churning. It makes me sad and upset that this guy was an astronaut, who got to go into space three times, representing his country. It makes me angry that someone published what he says about women in the 21st century. There are places in the narrative where he almost seems to apologize for his behavior - he lays out what he did or said, elevates the person who put up with it for, well, putting up with it, but he never condemns himself or his fellow astronauts or apologizes in any way. No mention about they shouldn't have had to put up with it in the first place.
He almost, almost pulls it up at the end, outlining what he learned about the bravery and dedication of women (and civilian post-docs, the poor things) and how it changed him. There's a particularly moving story where he first notes angrily that all these women probably just up and decided to be astronauts when they saw a poster on a job bulletin board...only to come to the realization that a little girl seeing Sputnik go up in the 1950s and wanting to be an astronaut would be discouraged at every turn, unlike Mullane, who had the full, enthusiastic support of his parents, teachers, and the military. I'm just not sure if it makes up for the previous 350 rage-inducing pages of "god, feminists, why so uptight?"
In the end, his attitude made it hard to take his complaints about the organizational structure of NASA at the time and how it lead to the Challenger incident. Sorry dude, but while you were a small cog in the machine, the "Right Stuff" attitude held by you and most everyone else in the space program at the time only contributed.
September 16, 2024
Lo le铆 hace a帽os. Una buena lectura para quien quiera saber lo que significa "de verdad" hoy d铆a ser astronauta. Con pocos pelos en la lengua, las glorias y las miserias de la profesi贸n, con multitud de an茅cdotas personales. Ameno y curioso.
Aunque la mayor parte de las rese帽as aqu铆 en 欧宝娱乐 son de 5 estrellas, veo tambi茅n bastantes de 1 y 2 estrellas, y al leerlas veo que coinciden todas en lo mismo: en el estilo de adolescente absesionado con el sexo con el que escribe Mullane. Y es cierto, tienen raz贸n. Quiz谩s puedo entender que moleste, pero lo cierto es que yo lo entiendo como Mullane ri茅ndose de s铆 mismo. S铆, hay muchas an茅cdotas sobre temas genitales y escatol贸gicos, pero 驴qui茅n no se ha preguntado c贸mo es ir al ba帽o en el espacio, o c贸mo elegir la talla del adaptador para la bolsa para la orina? Mullane se recrea en estas cosas, pero lo hace con humor, y son detalles curiosos que uno generalmente no encuentra en otra parte.
Tambi茅n es cierto que Mullane se presenta a 茅l y a sus colegas astronautas masculinos como machotes a los que de sus compa帽eras solo les interesa su f铆sico. De nuevo, hay aqu铆 bastante de verdad (eran los 80, eran otros tiempos, y Mullane encima ven铆a del sector militar; casi n谩...) pero tambi茅n mucho de re铆rse de s铆 mismo: Mullane se representa a 茅l y a sus colegas, con humor, como los t铆picos militares machitos y chulitos, que inicialmente se creen por encima de todos, especialmente de las mujeres y de los astronautas de origen civil (ingenieros y dem谩s), y que luego terminan comprobando c贸mo sus compa帽eros tambi茅n "tienen lo que hay que tener". Vale, bastante t贸pico, pero la verdad es que Mullane lo presenta con bastante humor.
En resumen, aunque estoy de acuerdo con el fondo de las cr铆ticas, para m铆 en realidad se trata simplemente de un toque m谩s de sinceridad y humor por parte de Mullane al describir la vida del astronauta medio. Muy alejado del punto de vista heroico y casi de superhombre con el que se los pinta (o pintaba, que ya pr谩cticamente cualquiera con unos cuantos millones en su cuenta puede comprarse un billete como astronauta-turista privado) a menudo. Precisamente eso me parece a煤n m谩s valorable.
Aunque la mayor parte de las rese帽as aqu铆 en 欧宝娱乐 son de 5 estrellas, veo tambi茅n bastantes de 1 y 2 estrellas, y al leerlas veo que coinciden todas en lo mismo: en el estilo de adolescente absesionado con el sexo con el que escribe Mullane. Y es cierto, tienen raz贸n. Quiz谩s puedo entender que moleste, pero lo cierto es que yo lo entiendo como Mullane ri茅ndose de s铆 mismo. S铆, hay muchas an茅cdotas sobre temas genitales y escatol贸gicos, pero 驴qui茅n no se ha preguntado c贸mo es ir al ba帽o en el espacio, o c贸mo elegir la talla del adaptador para la bolsa para la orina? Mullane se recrea en estas cosas, pero lo hace con humor, y son detalles curiosos que uno generalmente no encuentra en otra parte.
Tambi茅n es cierto que Mullane se presenta a 茅l y a sus colegas astronautas masculinos como machotes a los que de sus compa帽eras solo les interesa su f铆sico. De nuevo, hay aqu铆 bastante de verdad (eran los 80, eran otros tiempos, y Mullane encima ven铆a del sector militar; casi n谩...) pero tambi茅n mucho de re铆rse de s铆 mismo: Mullane se representa a 茅l y a sus colegas, con humor, como los t铆picos militares machitos y chulitos, que inicialmente se creen por encima de todos, especialmente de las mujeres y de los astronautas de origen civil (ingenieros y dem谩s), y que luego terminan comprobando c贸mo sus compa帽eros tambi茅n "tienen lo que hay que tener". Vale, bastante t贸pico, pero la verdad es que Mullane lo presenta con bastante humor.
En resumen, aunque estoy de acuerdo con el fondo de las cr铆ticas, para m铆 en realidad se trata simplemente de un toque m谩s de sinceridad y humor por parte de Mullane al describir la vida del astronauta medio. Muy alejado del punto de vista heroico y casi de superhombre con el que se los pinta (o pintaba, que ya pr谩cticamente cualquiera con unos cuantos millones en su cuenta puede comprarse un billete como astronauta-turista privado) a menudo. Precisamente eso me parece a煤n m谩s valorable.
November 4, 2014
A very interesting book. The inside look at the shortfalls of NASA's management was fascinating, and some of the writing is actually quite beautiful.
My problem with this book isn't that I don't think it's good. My problem is with Mike Mullane. The level of misogyny and lack of respect for women exhibited by the author and some of his other male co-astronauts (most of whom have a military background) is downright shocking. Mr. Mullane often claims that he's embarrassed about how he treated and talked about women, but then goes on to give countless examples of jokes and stunts pulled at the expense of females he knew and worked with and talked about how funny his high jinks were, usually explaining them away with a shrug and some kind of "boys will be boys" sentiment. Near the end of the book he even bemoans the current politically correct culture in NASA and says that it doesn't sound like much fun, as though an organization might be wrong to progress from a boys club to a place of equality. If Mr. Mullane's account is in any way an accurate representation of what he and some of the other shuttle astronauts were actually like, I think it's a disgrace that NASA could spend so much money to send such backward-thinking individuals to represent our country in space, a privilege that should be reserved for the best and brightest humanity has to offer.
My problem with this book isn't that I don't think it's good. My problem is with Mike Mullane. The level of misogyny and lack of respect for women exhibited by the author and some of his other male co-astronauts (most of whom have a military background) is downright shocking. Mr. Mullane often claims that he's embarrassed about how he treated and talked about women, but then goes on to give countless examples of jokes and stunts pulled at the expense of females he knew and worked with and talked about how funny his high jinks were, usually explaining them away with a shrug and some kind of "boys will be boys" sentiment. Near the end of the book he even bemoans the current politically correct culture in NASA and says that it doesn't sound like much fun, as though an organization might be wrong to progress from a boys club to a place of equality. If Mr. Mullane's account is in any way an accurate representation of what he and some of the other shuttle astronauts were actually like, I think it's a disgrace that NASA could spend so much money to send such backward-thinking individuals to represent our country in space, a privilege that should be reserved for the best and brightest humanity has to offer.
September 22, 2010
I've always been a NASA/space shuttle geek, and Mullane's book, recommended to me by several friends, was an excellent look behind the scenes at JSC and KSC, and how the program unfolded. If you can tolerate not-that-rare occasions of crude and sexist humor, it's pretty funny, and reading his stories of interactions with the ill-fated crew of Challenger, especially Judy Reznik, were particularly touching, too. Anyone who is a fan of NASA and manned space exploration in general, and the shuttle in particular, will definitely enjoy Riding Rockets.
December 15, 2008
George Carlin meets John Glenn. If you can get past the constant sexism and crude excuses for humor, Mike Mullane offers a wide-eyed glimpse into space travel that might turn out to be the closest any of us ever get. For that reason, a good read but not a great one.
January 4, 2008
Mike Mullane has a strong tendancy towards being a sexist pig. That said, this was the most entertaining astronaut memoirs I've read. (And I've read a lot.)
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October 4, 2019My feelings toward this book are best summed up in Kathryn's review which is in the link below. Blegh.
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September 13, 2024
3.5/5
The guy is kind of a bonehead, but I do appreciate his honesty.听
There's quite a bit of sexism which I didn't like. I get that the guy grew up in a very male-dominated environment (although it's a bit weird to pretend you're a total incel when you're actually married with kids) but it almost feels like he's not looking back and thinking what a pig he was, rather he's looking back of proud of all the witty dick jokes he made.
And the more you read it the worse he gets - "Nah, my wife wasn't beautiful. She was alright. But my colleague who I lusted after, wow, SHE was beautiful", or surprising his wife with a topless painting of herself at a party of people.听
At times you feel like you're reading a Tucker Max book, then you remember he's a 60 year old retired Colonel.听
He's got a very high opinion of himself, and of the military, even going as far as saying non military lack life experience, although in fairness he did acknowledge that only being in the military results in its own lack of experience.听
The book is interesting but some parts waffle on a bit, bitching about the guy's boss and management team.听
Overall, a pretty decent read, if you can get past the author
The guy is kind of a bonehead, but I do appreciate his honesty.听
There's quite a bit of sexism which I didn't like. I get that the guy grew up in a very male-dominated environment (although it's a bit weird to pretend you're a total incel when you're actually married with kids) but it almost feels like he's not looking back and thinking what a pig he was, rather he's looking back of proud of all the witty dick jokes he made.
And the more you read it the worse he gets - "Nah, my wife wasn't beautiful. She was alright. But my colleague who I lusted after, wow, SHE was beautiful", or surprising his wife with a topless painting of herself at a party of people.听
At times you feel like you're reading a Tucker Max book, then you remember he's a 60 year old retired Colonel.听
He's got a very high opinion of himself, and of the military, even going as far as saying non military lack life experience, although in fairness he did acknowledge that only being in the military results in its own lack of experience.听
The book is interesting but some parts waffle on a bit, bitching about the guy's boss and management team.听
Overall, a pretty decent read, if you can get past the author
December 29, 2023
This was a fantastic read for anyone interested in NASA and/or the birth of the shuttle program. As a child of Florida's space coast, I found the stories and history particularly poignant. The good, the bad and the ugly all told with a great sense of humor. If you're a feminist with no tolerance for men, especially men raised in an era when masculinity was still a good thing, this book probably isn't for you. Though by the end of the book, the author does come to realize that women are capable of much more than he realized. His language and description of certain things can be a bit of an eye opener if you're not used to it. I personally enjoyed this book immensely!
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