In this book, Al provides his unique and refreshingly candid opinions on the space program, flying to the moon, and the people involved in the Apollo and later shuttle programs, as well as sharing hard-hitting reflections on the space shuttle program, the agonies and extraordinary sights and delights of being a NASA Apollo astronaut, and the space program’s triumphs and failures.
He delves into areas of personal grief that reveal the noble and truly human side of the space program’s earliest years.