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TITLE Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff
STORY PREMISE: The birth of America's space program, told from the perspective of test pilot Chuck Yeager and the seven Mercury Astronauts.
SETUP: The X-1 rocket plane is brought to Edwards Air Force Base, and Chuck Yeager volunteers to make the first attempt at supersonic flight.
PLOT POINT I: Yeager's success and the Space Race with the Soviets leads to the official demand that military test pilots be recruited and trained for space duty. The candidates endure an arduous selection program.
PINCH I: The Mercury Astronauts move to Cape Canaveral to await their missions.
MIDPOINT: Alan Shepard is the First American in Space--after a horrible delay.
PINCH II: Gus Grissom's launch nearly results in disaster.
PLOT POINT II: John Glenn's flight is a great success in spite of a glitch that could have ruined everything.
RESOLUTION: Gordo Cooper's flight completes the program on a high note, and sets the stage for further adventures in spaceflight.
TITLE Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff
STORY PREMISE: The birth of America's space program, told from the perspective of test pilot Chuck Yeager and the seven Mercury Astronauts.
SETUP: The X-1 rocket plane is brought to Edwards Air Force Base, and Chuck Yeager volunteers to make the first attempt at supersonic flight.
PLOT POINT I: Yeager's success and the Space Race with the Soviets leads to the official demand that military test pilots be recruited and trained for space duty. The candidates endure an arduous selection program.
PINCH I: The Mercury Astronauts move to Cape Canaveral to await their missions.
MIDPOINT: Alan Shepard is the First American in Space--after a horrible delay.
PINCH II: Gus Grissom's launch nearly results in disaster.
PLOT POINT II: John Glenn's flight is a great success in spite of a glitch that could have ruined everything.
RESOLUTION: Gordo Cooper's flight completes the program on a high note, and sets the stage for further adventures in spaceflight.
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