Jay Barbree,Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Howard Benedict,Professor of Paediatric Physiology and Director of the Children's Health and Exercise Research Center School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Scien: Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings


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A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation’s most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA’s effort to conquer space, andMoon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century’s greatest feat—landing humans on another world.Collaborating with NBC’s veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America’s space exploration from the time of Shepard’s first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

A rather attractive bearded lady How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite? Babson College business educator and consultant Mary Gentile draws on actual business experiences as well as social science research to challenge the assumptions about business ethics at companies and business schools. She gives business leaders, managers, and students the tools not just to recognize what is right, but also to ensure that the right things happen. The book is inspired by a programme Gentile launched at the Aspen Institute with Yale School of Management, and now housed at Babson College, with pilot programmes in over one hundred schools and organizations, including INSEAD and MIT Sloan School of Management. She explains why past attempts at preparing business leaders to act Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings download book ethically too often failed, arguing that the issue isn't distinguishing what is right or wrong, but knowing how to act on your values despite opposing pressure.


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Author: Jay Barbree,Alan Shepard,Deke Slayton,Howard Benedict,Professor of Paediatric Physiology and Director of the Children's Health and Exercise Research Center School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Scien
Number of Pages: 396 pages
Published Date: 03 May 2011
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781453258262
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