Based on my reading of Spaceman by Mike Massimino, Leland Melvin’s Chasing Space popped up on my recommendations; needless to say picking up a book whose front cover was an attractive man wearing an astronaut suit being adored by two dogs was a no brainer. Leland Melvin has been part of two impossibly small clubs; he was drafted into the NFL (about a 2% chance for NCAA players) and then became an astronaut who was sent to space (less than 1% chance) twice. Both of these stories would be […]