5/12/2023 0 Comments The Mercury 13 by Martha Ackmann![]() It’s amazing to me just how close we came to having a female astronaut in the early days of the Mercury program. Their stories are interwoven with political and social context of the times, giving excellent perspective on what was happening – and why- with astronaut selections. ![]() Written with a beautiful forward by journalist (and NASA journalist in space finalist, before that program was canceled) Lynn Sherr, the book tells the story of some incredible pioneering women in the early days of manned spaceflight. I have wanted to learn more about the Mercury 13 for quite a while, so I used one of my stacked-up Audible credits to pick up The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann. Work travel schedule has been a little crazy – in fact, there was only one day this week where I was not on an airplane.īut all this travel afforded me some good audiobook listening time in the various car and airplane rides, so I finally got around to one that has been on my list for ages. ![]() Apologies for the long silence here recently. ![]()
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