This Close
Dodging Extinction and Other Stories
261 pages · Released Nov 7, 2011
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This is a memoir of near-death experiences told with humor rather than graphic detail, chronicling the author's survival of dangerous accidents and his career in aerospace. The tone appears lighthearted and motivational rather than traumatic, emphasizing resilience and problem-solving. It offers educational insights into engineering and space exploration while modeling persistence and courage. The content is suitable for older middle-grade and early high school readers interested in science, engineering, or true stories of survival.
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Autobiography of early events filled with hazards and humor that brought the writer This Close to extinction: Exploding rocket engines, a power-ice-sled crash in a New England blizzard, an airboat sunk in Florida, a parachute problem, a bulldozer sunk in a swamp, a crashed and burned helicopter. He survived, became a m... Autobiography of early events filled with hazards and humor that brought the writer This Close to extinction: Exploding rocket engines, a power-ice-sled crash in a New England blizzard, an airboat sunk in Florida, a parachute problem, a bulldozer sunk in a swamp, a crashed and burned helicopter. He survived, became a mechanical engineer, logged fifty years of aerospace design from Apollo to the International Space Station, from medical implants to military aircraft. And started four successful businesses.
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ISBN 9780984828401