The Boy Who Reached for the Stars

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The Boy Who Reached for the Stars

Elio Morillo
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"Heartwarming... infectious ... [Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars] is every bit the inspiration he means it to be." –Kirkus Reviews

The engineer known as the "space mechanic" speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.

Elio Morillo's life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space.

Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote...

年:
2023
出版商:
HarperCollins
語言:
english
ISBN:
2AF34015-43C9-4371-8312-A94A1AA0EEA8
文件:
AZW3 , 2.69 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2023
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