Breaking the sound barrier, drawing those tasked with the dangerous job of going ever faster, and thus catapulting the country passed the edge of our atmosphere. Rachel’s book review can be found here:Ī brief synopsis of the film: In the era immediately following World War II, as a byproduct of the technological breakthroughs that came with it, the United States sought to expand its reach in the air and beyond. Becoming some of the major players in the fledgling national space project that arose as an aftermath of a world war. Launching themselves, a program and a country, to the heavens. Characterizing and chronicling each in turn as they gazed upward. The Right Stuff, penned by Tom Wolfe during the downturn that was the 70s, was the journalist’s epic look back at the heroism and the lives of a few select individuals who became larger than life. In this case, she’ll be looking at the source publication from 1979 that quietly became the film of the same name in 1983. As usual, the wordy one will examine the text of a famed volume later adapted to film, which I will review. The same one the blogger otherwise known as the Scientist Gone Wordy and I will re-christen for our fourth book/movie review season. Therefore, it’s time once more to rejoin the longest running series I’ve ever been involved with. The newest month of 2014 is about to end, too. It’s January, normally a cold and wet time for us in the southland.
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