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100	1		_aBurgess, Colin. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSelecting the Mercury Seven _h[recurso electrónico] : _bThe Search for America's First Astronauts / _cby Colin Burgess.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York : _bImprint: Springer, _c2011.
300			_aXXV, 371 p. 167 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_aForeword -- Author's Preface -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Sailing in and out of war -- Chapter 2: The call goes out -- Chapter 3: Narrowing the field -- Chapter 4: The finalists -- Chapter 5: Tennessee patriot, pilot, and poet -- Chapter 6: Lovelace Clinic, New Mexico -- Chapter 7: Wright-Patterson: the final hurdle -- Chapter 8: Announcing the Mercury astronauts -- Chapter 9: Back in contention -- Chapter 10: Mercury Seven -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aIn January 1959, after an exhaustive search through military service records, a number of Americas elite test pilots received orders to attend a series of top-secret briefings in Washington, D.C. These briefings were designed to assist in selecting a group of astronauts for the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its man-in-space program, Project Mercury. Following in-depth medical and psychological screening, 32 finalists were chosen. They would be subjected to the most rigorous, exploratory, and even degrading medical and psychological stress tests ever imposed on the nation's service personnel. NASA wanted the best of the best in its quest for the nation's first astronauts, and this is the story of that search for a group of near-supermen who were destined to become trailblazing pioneers of American space flight. For the very first time, after extensive research and numerous interviews, the names and amazing stories of those 32 finalists are finally revealed in this book. Only seven of them would ultimately be selected as America's Mercury astronauts, but those responsible for choosing the seven openly concede that it was an incredibly difficult task. They reveal that any of these courageous and superbly talented test pilots could so easily have been selected to fly into space, finding adventure, fame, and lasting renown as one of NASA's legendary Mercury astronauts.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aMathematics.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781441984043
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_zLibro electrónico _uhttp://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4419-8405-0
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