A couple of years ago, I read Scott Kelly's book Perseverance, which seems relevant to our time:)

A few years ago, I read Scott Kelly’s book.ResilienceWhich seems relevant to our time:)

This book from an astronaut who lived continuously on the ISS for almost a year, classy tells about the existence of astronauts and cosmonauts. And Scott does it somehow easily and effortlessly, mixing dreams of space with the solution of complex everyday issues, which in zero gravity becomes literally everything, including eating or going to the toilet.

Interestingly, the beginning of the book, where the author talks about his childhood, reminded me of Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. Reminiscent of both the format of the presentation and the general ease of children's amusements of Mark and Scott, twin brothers who were naughty and spent time together. However, then their paths diverged and Mark took up his mind at school, and Scott fucked up to the very first year of university, where he read Tom Wolfe’s book “What You Need” about test pilots and decided to become one himself.

Scott had to work for a long time, but he was able to go to a military university, then get into pilots, then into testers, and then into astronauts. He flew on the shuttle when they were in use and was on the ISS several times. But for the second time, he was on the ISS as part of an almost year-long expedition together with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. And it is this almost year-long stay described in the book “Persistence”, which, with a rich imagination, allows you to virtually visit the ISS and imagine what daily work looks like at altitude. 408 kilometers at sea level:) In general, the book is excellent. I highly recommend her.

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