![]() ![]() But instead of replacing the heroic standard version with the ring of truth, Wolfe merely offers an alternative myth: a surreal, satiric, often cartoony Wolfe-arama that, especially since there isn't a bit of documentation along the way, has one constantly wondering if anything really happened the way Wolfe tells it. He even throws in some of the technology. He begins with the competitive, macho world of test pilots from which the astronauts came (thus being grossly overqualified to just sit in a controlled capsule) he follows the choosing of the Seven, the preparations for space flight, the flights themselves, the feelings of the wives and he presents the breathless press coverage, the sudden celebrity, the glorification. Overkill" hasn't really got the fight stuff for the job. Space Program's launching-the inside story of those first seven astronauts.īut no: jazzy, jivey, exclamation-pointed, italicized Tom Wolfe "Mr. Yes: it's high time for a de-romanticized, de-mythified, close-up retelling of the U.S. ![]()
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