To make a connection, I am going to try talking to the walls. It would be really helpful if Mr. Hill would comment on my blog so that I would know how to improve it.

Moon Shot

Apollo-Soyuz proved to be a success and marked a major point in history for both Deke Slayton and the world. For Deke, it proved to be a flight worth waiting sixteen years for for the fifty-one year old rookie. For the world, it marked an easing of the tensions that were involved in the Cold War. At least the Apollo portion of the trip came to have the world realize that the Earth is very fragile and much of our resources are quite finite. Our actions have a major impact on the Earth. Apollo-Soyuz was the gateway into the age of space stations and the Space Shuttle.

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe writes with incredible imagery. Although his writing can be like slogging through a swamp, at times, he manages to paint a picture of certain events that is as real as life. Unfortunately that picture is too real and too grisly. I counted eight gruesome deaths in the first chapter. If this is a sign of how the rest of the book is to be, I cannot continue.