Deke!: Us Manned Space from Mercury to the Shuttle

An Autobiography

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Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Dec. 19, 1995 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-0-312-85918-3
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OCLC Number:
42051303

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Deke Slayton was one of the first seven Mercury astronauts--and he might have been the first American in space. Instead, he became the first chief of American Astronaut Corps. It was Deke Slayton who selected the crews who flew the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions. It was Deke Slayton who made Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon.

Deke! is Deke Slayton's' story--told in his own words and in the voices of the men and women who worked with him and knew him best. Deke Slayton's knowledge of how the .S. manned space program worked is the missing piece of every space buff's puzzle. Now, after decades of silence, he tells his priceless stories of those years when American was engaged in the greatest voyage of exploration in human history.

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Deke Slayton was one of the original Mercury Astronaut team but lost his chance to go into space due to a heart irregularity that was found by medical monitoring during the training. He then ended up being Chief Astronaut and selected the crews who made up the Apollo missions including selecting the Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to be the first men to land on the Moon.

Deke is a much more interesting character than Armstrong and the book contains a lot details about the earlier Mercury and Gemini missions and what they attempted to achieve. Some astronauts who read the book discovered why or why they were not selected for certain missions.

Subjects

  • Aeronautics & Astronautics
  • Scientists - General
  • History / United States / 20th Century
  • Slayton, Donald K
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Biography / Autobiography
  • 1924-1993
  • Astronauts
  • Biography
  • Slayton, Donald K.,
  • United States
  • Biography/Autobiography