Space
first publication date: 1982
genre: fiction, historical fiction
original title: Space
original language: English
main subject: human spaceflight, Battle of Leyte Gulf, test pilot, air battle, astronaut, Project Gemini, Apollo space program, unidentified flying object, creationism
narrative location: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Peenemünde, far side of the Moon, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
characters: Wernher von Braun, Lyndon B. Johnson
Space is a novel by James A. Michener published in 1982. It is a fictionalized history of the United States space program, with a particular emphasis on human spaceflight.Michener writes in a semi-documentary style. The topics explored in the novel include naval warfare in the Pacific Ocean, air combat in the Korean War (something Michener had already explored in The Bridges at Toko-Ri), test pilot life at 'Pax River', astronaut selection and training, the role of the media in promoting the space program as a national achievement, and the development of the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, the rise of the military-industrial complex and the evolution of NACA into NASA. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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