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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Livre qui m'a beaucoup plu pour plusieurs raisons :
- Pour quiconque intéressé par l'espace, la description de la vie dans l'ISS ("l'excuse du livre") est super intéressante. Le manque de place, les nouvelles habitudes, l'importance de la cohésion et des bons rapports entre astronautes et cosmonautes (il fait la distinction pour les russes), le danger constant, les appareils qui tombent en panne sans arrêt... Pour ceux qui pensaient que la vie dans l'espace c'est prendre des photos de la Terre et les mettre sur Twitter, c'est raté.
- Le trajet personnel de Scott Kelly pour arriver à devenir astronaute est incroyable. Il raconte tout, de son épiphanie (la lecture d'un livre de Tom Wolfe, tiens tiens) à l'aboutissement, son entrée à la NASA. Son parcours est atypique mais la difficulté, le temps mis pour y arriver le sont moins. Ses anecdotes sur le processus de sélection et ses collègues sont aussi super intéressantes.
- Le livre mêle des épisodes de sa mission longue sur l'ISS avec des chapitres autobiographiques et ces derniers sont sans fard, sur sa famille, ses parents etc. Il raconte l'importance du soutien inconditionnel des proches, et les difficultés de couple causées par cette vie spéciale, et l'impression récurrente de manquer des choses, une fois coincé là-haut.
En résumé, un très bon livre (certainement pour ceux qui ont un intérêt pour l'espace), intéressant, pertinent et très inspirant pour moi.
- Pour quiconque intéressé par l'espace, la description de la vie dans l'ISS ("l'excuse du livre") est super intéressante. Le manque de place, les nouvelles habitudes, l'importance de la cohésion et des bons rapports entre astronautes et cosmonautes (il fait la distinction pour les russes), le danger constant, les appareils qui tombent en panne sans arrêt... Pour ceux qui pensaient que la vie dans l'espace c'est prendre des photos de la Terre et les mettre sur Twitter, c'est raté.
- Le trajet personnel de Scott Kelly pour arriver à devenir astronaute est incroyable. Il raconte tout, de son épiphanie (la lecture d'un livre de Tom Wolfe, tiens tiens) à l'aboutissement, son entrée à la NASA. Son parcours est atypique mais la difficulté, le temps mis pour y arriver le sont moins. Ses anecdotes sur le processus de sélection et ses collègues sont aussi super intéressantes.
- Le livre mêle des épisodes de sa mission longue sur l'ISS avec des chapitres autobiographiques et ces derniers sont sans fard, sur sa famille, ses parents etc. Il raconte l'importance du soutien inconditionnel des proches, et les difficultés de couple causées par cette vie spéciale, et l'impression récurrente de manquer des choses, une fois coincé là-haut.
En résumé, un très bon livre (certainement pour ceux qui ont un intérêt pour l'espace), intéressant, pertinent et très inspirant pour moi.
What a unique experience to spend any time in space, let along a whole year. I am so grateful that Scott Kelley wrote this book to share what his time in space was like along with the road that got him there. I recommend pairing this book with Mary Roach's book Packing for Mars.
The public portrayal of Scott Kelly, on its surface, is not anything like Scott Kelly in his youth. This is what you will find out in this fascinating autobiography by him. Risk taker, renegade, and a terrible student, are not descriptions of Scott that you would think of but he was all of those things and more.
As young as six years of age, he and his brother Mark would climb up drainpipes, wave at their parents from roofs two and three stories up, and if you did anything considered "safe," you were wasting your time.
What goes into the makeup of an astronaut like Scott Kelly, a compassionate and humorous man who holds the record for total accumulated number of days spent in space by an American astronaut? Totally absorbing.
-- Anna Q-L.
As young as six years of age, he and his brother Mark would climb up drainpipes, wave at their parents from roofs two and three stories up, and if you did anything considered "safe," you were wasting your time.
What goes into the makeup of an astronaut like Scott Kelly, a compassionate and humorous man who holds the record for total accumulated number of days spent in space by an American astronaut? Totally absorbing.
-- Anna Q-L.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Alright, this felt like it took me forever to read, but overall I enjoyed it. Definitely more biography than story of a year in space, so I get some of the reviews. I personally knew virtually nothing about space flight, or how one becomes an astronaut, etc., so I did not mind the journey.
Did I know astronauts were largely military background? Nope. Would I have preferred reading the space story and life of anyone other than a white cis male? Absolutely. Who knew that even NASA seems to have potential stigma against counseling.
I do wish it was a bit shorter with some of the jabs of others or his opinions of others removed (Leslie). Also, I wish we lived in less of a patriarchal world, but that isn't really the fault of the author. But I come out of this really hopeful I get to see a launch when I'm down in Florida this year.
Did I know astronauts were largely military background? Nope. Would I have preferred reading the space story and life of anyone other than a white cis male? Absolutely. Who knew that even NASA seems to have potential stigma against counseling.
I do wish it was a bit shorter with some of the jabs of others or his opinions of others removed (Leslie). Also, I wish we lived in less of a patriarchal world, but that isn't really the fault of the author. But I come out of this really hopeful I get to see a launch when I'm down in Florida this year.
I give this 4 stars for content, 3 stars for style. Though I'm not sure how I'm criticizing the style of someone so accomplished. I just really liked the details of what goes on in the ISS, even if Kelly is a bit dry in those details.