{"product_id":"shattered-dreams-the-lost-and-canceled-space-missions-9781496206756","title":"Shattered Dreams: The Lost and Canceled Space Missions","description":"\u003ci\u003eShattered Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future space mission but lost that opportunity due to personal reasons, mission cancellations, or even tragedies. While some of the subjects are familiar names in spaceflight history, the accounts of others are told here for the first time. Colin Burgess features spaceflight candidates from the United States, Russia, Indonesia, Australia, and Great Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShattered Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e brings to new life such episodes and upheavals in spaceflight history as the saga of the three Apollo missions that were cancelled due to budgetary constraints and never flew; NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard Robertson, who died of burn injuries after her airplane crashed before she had a chance to fly into space; and a female cosmonaut who might have become the first journalist to fly in space. Another NASA astronaut was preparing to fly an Apollo mission before he was diagnosed with a disqualifying illness. There is also the amazing story of the pilot who could have bailed out of his damaged aircraft but held off while heroically avoiding a populated area and later applied to NASA to fulfill his cherished dream of becoming an astronaut despite having lost both legs in the accident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are the incredibly human stories of competitive realists fired with an unquenchable passion. Their accounts reveal in their own words--and those of others close to them--how their shared ambition would go awry through personal accidents, illness, the \u003ci\u003eChallenger \u003c\/i\u003edisaster, death, or other circumstances. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Burgess\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books on spaceflight, including \u003ci\u003eFaith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFootprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969-1975\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2010); and \u003ci\u003eTeacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the \u003c\/i\u003eChallenger\u003ci\u003e Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2000). \u003cb\u003eDon Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e was a NASA mission specialist on missions STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, and STS-94. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416398860562,"sku":"9781496206756","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7039fe4-13fd-4b3d-9599-d8e3a2c1e2ff.jpg?v=1729417825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shattered-dreams-the-lost-and-canceled-space-missions-9781496206756","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}