📚 2 Books mentioned in "StarTalk Podcast: The Right Stuff with Astronaut Scott Kelly and Dr. Chris Mason" of StarTalk Radio
Podcast: StarTalk Radio
Episode: StarTalk Podcast: The Right Stuff with Astronaut Scott Kelly and Dr. Chris Mason
Published on March 26, 2021
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
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so you know pushing yourself a little bit is one simple thing they do actually with some of the exercise regimens in space and also and they're monitoring the body you can actually see we could you know scott i don't you know when he talked about in his book that if he didn't work out every day he could almost feel like his bones were dissolving
Chris Mason references Scott Kelly's book when discussing Scott's physical sensations in space related to bone density loss.
The Right Stuff
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but uh you know regarding the book the right stuff uh the movie you mentioned the movie i think i maybe maybe saw it once Really the book was much more significant uh part of my life really was what's inspired me to become a better student and uh to go on and fly in the in the navy and then later at nasa
Scott Kelly mentions that the book 'The Right Stuff' was more significant and inspiring to him than the movie.