Too Far From Home
A Story of Life and Death in Space
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Feb '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all - outer space.
Yet even amid the danger, the call of space is a siren song, and Too Far From Home details beautifully the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.
On February 1, 2003, ten astronauts were orbiting the planet. Seven headed back to Earth on the space shuttle Columbia. They never made it. And the three men left behind found themselves too far from home.
Chris Jones chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Control in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Yet even amid the danger, the call of space is a siren song, and Too Far From Home details beautifully the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.
An absorbing and wonderfully detailed account * Entertainment Weekly *
His style is down-to-earth, yet he takes exhilarating leaps page after page. The narrative is lively and informed, striking a fine balance between "the epic and the everyday" in space exploration, from mundane issues such as weightless bowel movements to terrifying threats such as wounds from space-trash fragments that could end in a horrifying death * USA Today *
As good an account as you are likely to find of what it's like to commute to work a few hundred miles above the Earth... Chris Jones will have you on the edge of your seat * The Globe and Mail *
ISBN: 9780099513247
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 260g
320 pages