About the book: 2006 / The documentary novel by the classic of American literature Tom Wolfe in an accessible, fascinating form tells about the events of the late 1950s - 1960s, when " The Cold War" between the two superpowers, the USSR and the USA, entered a new stage - the battle for space exploration began. "This book was born out of ordinary curiosity. I wanted to know what really makes a person, of his own free will, climb to the top of a huge candle - a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or Saturn rocket - and wait for the fuse to be lit? And I decided to take the simplest route, that is, ask the astronauts themselves about it…»