In 1978, the first group of Space Shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world -- twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the Space Shuttle program.
Mullane\'s Tales of arrested development among military flyboys working with feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists are s.
Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Riding Rockets, strips the heroic veneer from the Astronaut corps and paints them as they are -- human.
In 1978, the first group of Space Shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world -- twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the Space Shuttle program