Paul Dye

Gebundenes Buch

Shuttle, Houston

My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control

Beschreibung

In the tradition of Chris Kraft's Flight and Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not an Option, from the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history, a revealing look at the high-stakes work of Mission Control that tells the inside story of the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with space.

Autor

Paul Dye has more than forty years of aviation experience as an engineer, builder, and pilot. He earned his degree in Aeronautical Engineering with a specialization in aircraft design and flight testing from the University of Minnesota in 1982. He retired from NASA in 2013 as the longest-serving Flight Director in U.S. history, having been involved in thirty-nine missions, nine of those as the lead Flight Director. He has received a NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, a NASA Exceptional Service Medal (three times), and a Presidential Medal. Dye is now a leadership consultant and speaker, as well as the former Editor-in-Chief (currently Editor-at-Large) of Kitplanes magazine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown & Company
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780316454575
• ISBN-10: 0316454575
• Artikelnr.: 58261566