Homesteading Space

"Savvy consumers of space history have come to expect high quality in the 'Outward Odyssey - A People's History of Spaceflight' series edited by Colin Burgess. This fourth volume definitely does not disappoint." Rick W. Sturdevant, Air Power History "A well-told saga of Skylab from start to fiery fall." Coalition for Space Exploration "Published here for the first time, [Alan] Bean's diary, added to voice transcripts of space walks, produces the you-are-there immediacy that buffs crave." Gilbert Taylor, Booklist "A launch accident nearly doomed Skylab, America's first space station, before its mission could begin. This first-hand story of how American ingenuity, innovation, and gutsy risk-taking turned tragedy to triumph and produced pioneering science in orbit is an inspiration. Homesteading Space captures the never-give-up spirit of our first attempts to explore spaceoand stay there." Tom Jones, veteran shuttle astronaut and author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir "When people now spend half a year at a time aboard a continuously-occupied orbital outpost, it's hard to imagine when the first steps in that direction were being made. Homesteading Space provides a powerful and eye-popping narrative of what it took to begin that journey. This book tells its story with candor, context, and humor, and is a worthy addition to any space libraryoincluding, I hope soon, the one aboard today's International Space Station." Jim Oberg, NASA Mission Control veteran, NBC News space consultant