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Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott    Kelly
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I loved the fact that this book proves it is never too late to find your direction in life. Scott Kelly was a very indifferent student and goofed off all the way through high school and even into his first years of college. Then one day in the college bookstore he picks up a copy of "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe and reads it. And he had his "aha" moment...he knew that this was what he wanted to be...a test pilot--a member of that elite fraternity of daredevils and danger seekers. From that moment on he buckled down, learned to study, and his whole life was brought into focus. He started making goals and accomplishing them one by one and actually made it as an astronaut. This book about his early life and the year he spent on the International Space Station was very interesting and makes you think about the technology and the personal dedication that will eventually take us to Mars and beyond.


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