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Author Leopold, George, 1955- author.

Title Calculated risk : the supersonic life and times of Gus Grissom / by George Leopold.

Publication Info. West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B GRISSOM, VIRGIL I. LEO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-GRISSOM LEO    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 378 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : pure oxygen -- 1926 -- Work -- Purdue -- Wingman -- Test pilot -- Mercury seven -- Extracurricular activities -- The flight of Liberty Bell 7 -- Down a peg -- Apogee -- Risk and reward -- How astronauts talk -- Front of the line -- Death at 218 feet -- Abandon in place.
Subject Grissom, Virgil I.
Grissom, Virgil I. (OCoLC)fst00011033
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts. (OCoLC)fst00819615
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
ISBN 9781557537454 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1557537453 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9781612494586 (electronic book)
9781612494593 (electronic publication)
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