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The Overview Effect:

Space Exploration and Human Evolution
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Houghton Mifflin, 1987 - Technology & Engineering - 318 pages
Using original interviews with and writings by 25 astronauts and cosmonauts, White shows that experiences such as circling the Earth every ninety minutes or viewing it from the moon profoundly change space travelers' perceptions of themselves, their world and the future.

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Comparisons to the establishment of the American Frontier & the Founding Fathers made me a little uncomfortable while reading this, reading as over-patriotic and trite. Overall, however, I loved the ... Read full review

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The Overview Project
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The Explorer Fish
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An Overview of the Spaceflight Experience
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