How to Astronaut
An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth

Terry Virts is a very nice guy. He tells us his personal story from his beginnings as a test pilot and an F-16 pilot to after his missions as an NASA astronaut and he gives us an idea of the required skills, the trainings, how it is to float in zero-g or to spacewalk, and of the difficulties, pleasu......more

I haven’t had this much fun reading a non-fiction book since…well, I’m really not sure. Author Terry Virts touches all the bases as he teaches us “How to Astronaut.” The book is packed with stories and anecdotes, all neatly wrapped in layers of facts. It may seem that this book is more about Terry Vi......more

Wonderful! A warm, humorous, personal account of what it's like to go into space and to come home. Touching on everything from the science of zero gravity and potential Mars exploration to the realities of trying to convince politicians to fund NASA, Terry Virts brings his deep understanding of life......more

I liked this book up until the last few chapters. Between his patronizing tone on religion (thanks, but some of us don't think the existence of God is "common sense"), and his politics (which came across as the musings of a privileged white man), I ended up thinking that this was not a person I woul......more