Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1. Skyscrapers in the Sky; 3 2. Salyut: "I Wanted Him to Come Home."; 4 3. Skylab: A Glorious Forgotten Triumph; 5 4. The Early Salyuts: "The Prize of All People"; 6 5. Salyut 6: The End of Isolation; 7 6. Salyut 7: Phoenix in Space; 8 7. Freedom "You've Got to Put on Your Management Hat..."; 9 8. Mir: A Year in Space; 10 9. Mir: The Road to Capitalism; 11 10. Mir: The Joys of Freedom; 12 11. Mir: Almost Touching; 13 12. Mir: Culture Shock; 14 13. Mir: Spin City; 15 14. International Space Station: Ships Passing in the Night; 16 Bibliography; 17 Notes; 18 Index

About the Author

Robert Zimmerman

Reviews

"Space enthusiasts worried about where the manned space program is headed will take some heart from reading [this book]. ...Mr. Zimmerman shows that engineers and astronauts have the ability to survive, and even thrive in space, to conquer everything than can be thrown at them by nature and their fellows. ... Man has the ability to travel to the stars. The haunting question Mr. Zimmerman leaves us with is, does he have the will?"