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Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon

Imagine a version of The Right Stuff whose protagonists are engineers rather than cocky test pilots-turned-astronauts.

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Author Mike Gray gives a gripping account of the men who led the North American Aviation Company through one of the largest and most daunting engineering projects in history, the development of the S-2 rocket engine, and the Apollo spacecraft.

Filled both with detailed technical background and explorations of the psyches who drove--and were sometimes crushed by--the race to the moon, Angle of Attack offers a captivating look at the monumental accomplishments of a bygone era..

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Author: Mike Gray

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Date: Jun. 1, 1994

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