I highly recommend this book to people who enjoy memoirs, science, space travel, military, and/or overcoming obstacles. I really enjoyed this book and I am so glad to have had the chance to read it. I loved learning more about Scott’s life. I liked the alternating chapters about his year in space and his life leading up to his year in space. Definitely a must read for future astronauts and/or pilots. The pictures were breathtakingly beautiful. I am glad those were included. His descriptions made it easy to picture space, though. He is a very brave man. I have a lot of respect for him and the astronauts and cosmonauts. I hope we do make it to Mars. I am not sure that I would want to travel in space, personally, though.