Test Gods av Nicholas Schmidle

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<p><b>''Masterly'' <i>New York Times</i><br></b><b>''Riveting'' Scott Kelly</b><br><b>''Remarkable'' <i>The Times</i><br></b><br>When Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one catastrophic crash later, his space tourism dream may finally be on the verge of reality.<br><br>Now, a <i>New Yorker</i> journalist offers the definitive portrait of the adventurers leading the way to the stars. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Virgin''s lead test pilot, Mark Stucky, <i>Test Gods</i> describes the making of a modern astronaut: from starry-eyed youth to NASA, the Air Force, and Virgin Galactic; and through dozens of gruelling test flights to his first successful trip beyond the earth''s atmosphere. <br><br>The result is the most vivid exploration of an astronaut''s inner life since Tom Wolfe''s <i>The Right Stuff</i>. It offers an intimate and u