The ones that got away

摘要

This fascinating book has a subtitle (The Lost and Canceled Space Missions) but that is regrettable because on seeing the title, as the reviewer can testify, thoughts immediately turn to all those space missions cancelled due to budget cuts or termination. This has little to do with those. Instead, uniquely, it tells the sometimes heartrending stories of men and women who were unable to fulfil their dream due to difficult choices or circumstances out of their control. It's about people, not machines.