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Live from Cape CanaveralEven if you've read every book on the history of NASA's space endeavors, Jay Barbree's "Live from Cape Canaveral" is a revelation. The veteran news reporter has covered the NASA beat since 1958. Barbree's baritone voice has been the "you are there" narrator of rocket launches, shuttle landings, heart-in-the-throat moments and human tragedies that mark NASA's history. Jay Barbree holds the vital record as the only reporter who has chronicled every NASA human launch -- an astounding 150 liftoffs as of the time the book was published in August 2007. His writing style scoops the reader up and carries you along through the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo eras and beyond, all the way to the most recent space shuttle missions and activities on the International Space Station. Along the way, he reveals the autobiography of a Georgia farmboy, fascinated by the heavens, who grows up to be a space news reporter. Barbree began chumming with the Right Stuff astronauts, and he tells the inside stories of their lives and accomplishments. He tagged along with scientists, astronauts and engineers through countless adventures, and he reported on NASA's darkest days -- the Apollo 1 fire, the Challenger accident, and the disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia. So even if you've perused all of the NASA history books and astronaut bios, you're sure to find "Live from Cape Canaveral" a refreshing and illuminating read. It's also an enlightening introduction to NASA's human spaceflight history. Details:
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