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The Right Stuff
Last discussed Oct 3, 2026
A 1979 book by Tom Wolfe about the early days of the US space program and the test pilots who became the first astronauts.
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Praised: Captures the astronaut's inner fear of failing
"A great thing for me in a book is in the Tom Wolfe book The Right Stuff, where he's got the astronaut sitting upside down in the capsule waiting for the blastoff... what he's thinking is, 'I don't want to screw the pooch.'"
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"There's this famous book from I think 1979 called The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. It's one of the classic accounts of the early days of the US space program."
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