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Lädt ... Zwei Mann im Mond: Wie aus zwei Rivalen im Weltall Freunde fürs Leben wurdenvon David Scott, A. A. Leonov
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Each recounted their early love of flying, their candidate selection, national pride and enthusiasm for doing something never before tried. Both men lost several friends. Scott was close with the (original) Gemini 9 and Apollo 1 crews and Leonov was the one called to identify Yuri Garagin, his best friend, after a MiG accident. Each address the ways these deaths affected their programs and of their frustrations with management.
Both men talk of trying to follow the 'other side' as close as possible, although Leonov had an easier time of it because he was able to read LIFE magazine articles about the astronauts. The USSR wasn't quite as forthcoming about their own people. And they recount how at international forums, such as the Paris air show, astronauts and cosmonauts would occasionally meet and sit down with each other, even when instructed not to by their superiors. They enjoyed being with other men who had had the same experiences, lived similar lives, even when they didn't speak the same language.
Leonov and Scott nearly perished on missions. During his EVA, Leonov's suit expanded and he had trouble fitting back into his capsule. Scott was aboard Gemini 8 with Neil Armstrong and had to abort their mission due to a stuck handstick, which kept the capsule in a constant left-hand roll. Both men express how important they believed the Space Race to be in proving their own national ideology and both went up in space again.
Scott and Leonov met a few times during the planning stages for the Apollo-Soyuz joint mission even though only Leonov flew it. Both truly felt that the future of spaceflight would be accomplished together and were disappointed when relations between the USA and USSR broke down. Each took prestigious positions in their respective programs but eventually left for jobs in the private sector.
To see how their lives paralleled each other made really interesting reading. This might just be my favorite Space Race book yet. ( )