Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon
Imagine a version ofThe Right Stuffwhose protagonists are engineers rather than cocky test pilots-turned-astronauts. Author Mike Gray gives a gripping account of the men who led the North American Aviation Company through one of the largest and most daunting engineering projects in history, the development of the S-2 rocket engine, and the Apollo spacecraft. Filled both with detailed technical background and explorations of the psyches who drove--and were sometimes crushed by--the race to the moon,Angle of Attackoffers a captivating look at the monumental accomplishments of a bygone era.