Failure is not an option

Since I was a little boy growing up in the cold war era I have been fascinated by the space race. This book is obviously from plainly US perspective, but it was a very fascinating read/listen. It was both entertaining and educating. And it added a lot to my already big preexisting respect to the pioneers of space flight learning how brave (and sometimes how lucky) they were. There's probably also a lesson in there that is applicable to many other fields.