For those who dreamed of going into outer space, Kelly actually did. Kelly, through humor and honesty, tells of his childhood in New Jersey and what he went through to make his dream come true and how he was led to what he did. His honesty about the perils of space travel are enough to give someone a pause before thinking about it. While romanticized in the movies, Kelly pulls no punches about the challenge of long-term spaceflight and the effects it has on the body. His openness about the isolation of it and the pressures with close cohabitation. He brings the reader into a world so few know about and realize, along with the helplessness when a family member (his sister in law - Gabby Giffords; his twin brother's wife) was wounded in a shooting while he was in space.
Some might want more from the space perspective, others might want to see the human side of it.
Some might want more from the space perspective, others might want to see the human side of it.