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We found 8 Reddit comments about Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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8 Reddit comments about Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut:

u/HawkHogan · 18 pointsr/HistoryPorn

People who are interested in the Shuttle program should really read Riding Rockets by astronaut Mike Mullane.

Great look into the NASA organization, and the mentality of the astronauts leading up to, and following the shuttle program disasters.

u/Geoff_PR · 10 pointsr/spacex

> You're thinking of STS-27. Over 700 tiles damaged by debris from one of the SRBs.

NASA astronaut Mike Mullane flew on that flight, and he goes into detail on that incident in his memoir 'Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut'. Let's just say he wasn't a happy camper.

It's one of the better astronaut memoirs out there. Mullane has an extreme sense of humor. A Highly recommended insider view of how NASA really operates...

https://www.amazon.com/Riding-Rockets-Outrageous-Shuttle-Astronaut/dp/0743276833

u/tiag0 · 10 pointsr/pics

From what I recall reading it's the effortless way the blood flows in space that gives you a mildly uncontrollable trouser snake.

That bit (and I think the boobies question) is buried somewhere in the book Riding Rockets.

u/cmnonamee · 4 pointsr/todayilearned

You should read Riding Rockets, Much Mullane's autobiography. He's one of the crew from that mission. But also a hilarious and sarcastic guy who has a lot of interesting (both reverent of and hostile toward the US space program) perspectives and stories.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0743276833/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506556262&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=riding+rockets&dpPl=1&dpID=51VznMUbydL&ref=plSrch

u/hammayolettuce · 3 pointsr/AskWomen

Riding Rockets. Do you like astronaut memoirs? I like astronaut memoirs.

u/rifain · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

I really like this one about the arduous and long path for Mullane, the author, to fly to space. This is an easy and very interesting reading. He talks also in details about the mistakes that led some of his friends to be killed.

https://www.amazon.com/Riding-Rockets-Outrageous-Shuttle-Astronaut/dp/0743276833

u/Phredward · 2 pointsr/KerbalSpaceProgram

This is great! I've been reading Riding Rockets and it's amazing how little insight shuttle pilots had into what was happening on the outside of the ship. In KSP you see everything from any angle, but in real life, you've just got your own 2 eyes and any cameras someone thought to attach.

u/arriflex · 1 pointr/space

What happened on the Atlantis mission is fact, not conspiracy. NASA's failure to address the problem is on them. Do you comprehend that there was a burn through and melted metal on a strut? Do you understand how close they came to losing Atlantis? 700 tiles damaged. There should have been a "repair kit" before the next mission.

Ask Mike Mullane how serious the STS-27 issue was. He was on board. He mentions some in "Riding Rockets". He has also told me that he and the crew were "lucky". Not exactly PC astronaut speak.
http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Rockets-Outrageous-Shuttle-Astronaut/dp/0743276833

They did something about the foam after Columbia, right? It only took a tragedy to spur them into action. Just like the O-Ring issue. The foam should have been addressed when they almost lost Atlantis in 1988.

The remains of Challenger were stuffed in a silo. This is also fact. There was no extensive study of the debris. We learned very little about the breakup- how much knowledge could have been gained from the study of the orbiter? NASA wanted to be rid of the Challenger disaster as quickly as possible.

They learned their lesson about that when it came to Columbia. The investigation and it's results are completely public. The remains of Columbia are categorized and stored in the VAB, available for research and loan for scientific studies.

I'm sure none of this will convince you that I am not a demeaning and delusional person bent on destroying the credibility of NASA. But I'm not speaking to you Firehawk, this is for the objective readers. They will do their homework (outside of wikipedia) and hopefully find themselves more informed.

Take the time to visit KSC. Meet some astronauts and interact with them. Ask them hard questions, I think you'll find (especially from the retired ones) a level of discussion that will leave you very well informed.