title: Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
author:  Mike Massimino 
description: Every generation of astronauts needs a storyteller -- a person with wit, humor, and passion who has lived our collective dreams of space exploration and returned to tell us all about it. Mike Massimino is that person. He's that astronaut. And this is his story.<b>Neil deGrasse Tyson</b><br /> <br /> Mike Massimino writes about space with an astronaut's eye and an engineer's precision. You'll be impressed with his journey and his perspective on where a well-developed space program can take us in the future.<b>Senator John Glenn</b><br /> <br /> Inspired by moonwalkers, Mike grew up, became an astronaut, and fixed the Hubble Space Telescope, all while remaining some kinda humble. You cant help but follow him from Long Island to the bottom of the spacewalk practice pool, then 350 miles up and back. Hes a spaceman through and through; he tells how hard work can take you out of this world.<b>Bill Nye, the Science Guy, CEO of the Planetary Society</b><br /> <br /> Massimino's incredible journeys, filled with grit, courage, suspense and thrills, are told with such candor and delight, that for a brief moment I felt Id finally made it to space too. Read this book and be inspired to reach for the impossible. <b>Brian Greene, Columbia University, author of <i>The Fabric of the Cosmos<br /><br /></i></b>"An engaging and uplifting memoir that's sure to give readers a deeper appreciation for the U.S. space program and inspire some future astronauts."<b><i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i></b>
zlib_text: Ill luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programe, but it was
  deliberate biological engineering which turned him into a monster -- a machine
  perfectly adapted to survive on Mars. For according to computer predictions,
  Mars is humankind’s only alternative to extinction. But beneath his monstrous
  exterior, Torraway still carries a man’s capacity for suffering.
  
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  > Frederik Pohl
  
  >  **Man Plus**
  
  >  **SF Masterworks - 29**
  
  >  **ePub r1.0**
  
  >  **Watcher** 17-11-2018
  
  Original title: _Man Plus_
  
  Frederik Pohl, 1976
  
  Digital editor: Watcher
  
  ePub base r2.0
  
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  Man Plus
  
  Frederik Pohl
  
   **One**
  
  An Astronaut and His World
  
  It is necessary to tell you about Roger Torraway. One human being does not
  seem particularly important, when there are eight billion alive. Not more
  important than, for example, a single microchip in a memory store