A COMING-OF-AGE SPACE ODYSSEY: Confessions of a NASA Whistleblower

By LAWRENCE H KUZNETZ PhD

What if your life spanned every major moment in space history--and the very agency you served tried to silence you? From the Moon Landing to Elon Musk's Mars dreams, Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz lived it all. A Coming-of-Age Space Odyssey is a wild, stranger-than-fiction tale tracing 50 years inside NASA--from Apollo 11 to Columbia's jigsaw-tiled flight and her fiery end, to a last-ditch fight to save the Shuttle fleet in 2012. Kuznetz helped build Columbia tile by tile, introduced the Shuttle on The Tonight Show, nearly suffocated a KGB spy disguised as one of his students, hosted a party for Neil Armstrong, was nearly arrested for stealing his own computer and created a sports bra from a spacesuit. Told with humor, heartbreak, and first-hand insight, this is more than a memoir. It's a front-row seat to NASA's most historic era--and a warning not to forget the lessons written in flame. One last thing: remember the number 31,763.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DV4MDZ7D
• ISBN13: 9798307369135
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 304 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"