The Home of the "GROWING UP WITH SPACEFLIGHT" book series
Some people got to experience
America’s space program up-close and personal, hands-on, steeped in the
excitement of the peaceful advancement of human civilization.
The rest of us had to watch it
on TV.
Hello. Wes Oleszewski here and
this is my space blog where you'll find cool picture, fun facts and, of course,
shameless self promotion of my books.
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Growing Up With Spaceflight is
a series of print books and e-books that looks back across the years at America's manned space
program as seen through the eyes of a kid who went from being semi-interested
child, to a rabid space-buff adolescent, to an adult standing in the footprints
of the newsmen who brought us all into the world of NASA and spaceflight. That
person is, of course, the author of this series of books is ... me... Wes
Oleszewski.
If you are seeking a
"serious as Gene Kranz" telling of the history of United States
manned spaceflight, these are NOT the books for you. If, however, you are
looking to be taken back to your own childhood days of watching America's space
program, you have indeed come to the right place.
The full series of
"Growing Up With Spaceflight" was released beginning in early
2016 and links for obtaining your copy are published here.
The first of the six book
series was "Apollo Part 1" simply because it was the first book
completed. It was, of course be followed by "Apollo Part 2" because
the universal law of books requires that you must follow a Part 1 with a Part
2. Next came "Skylab ASTP" followed by "Space
Shuttle." Finally there was "Mercury" and at length, "Gemini."
The "Gemini" and Mercuyt" books in
the series does something really spacial. Since the author was real busy flunking the third grade and then
repeating that same grade during project Gemini and was too young to recall much about Mercury, his memories consist largely
of looking out the classroom window, being hit with a ruler and
being publicly chastised for cartooning while not doing his
"work." Thus, he needed help with bringing the Gemini era
back to life. That is where those of YOU who also were growing up during Gemini
came into the picture. Wes asked for those of you who wanted to share your
personal memories of Gemini and Mercury with him to send them into him so he could publish them in the Gemini and Mercury volumes of Growing Up With Spaceflight. So those two volumes contain the memories of other space-buffs as well as those of the author. And some of your memories are REALLY cool.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Author
W. Wes Oleszewski was born and raised in mid-Michigan and spent most of his
life with an eye turned toward aviation and spaceflight with an occasional side-track toward the Great Lakes. Since 1990 he has authored 17 books on the subject of Great Lakes maritime history, specifically shipwrecks and
lighthouses.
Now he has turned his attention and writing talents toward spaceflight.
Noted for his meticulous
research, Oleszewski has a knack for weeding out the greatest of details from
the most obscure events and then weaving those facts into the historical
narratives which are his stories. His tales of actual events are real enough to
thrill any reader while every story is technically correct and highly
educational. Oleszewski feels that the only way to teach history in this age of
computer and video games is through “narrative.” The final product of his
efforts are captivating books that can be comfortably read and enjoyed by
everyone from the eldest grandmother to the grade-school kid and future pilot, or historian.
Born on the east side of
Saginaw, Michigan in 1957, Wes Oleszewski attended public school in that city
through grade nine, when his family moved to the town of Freeland, Michigan. In
1976 he graduated from Freeland High School and a year later entered the
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida. Working his way
through college by way of his own earned income alone, Oleszewski graduated in
1987 with a commercial pilot’s certificate, “multi-engine and instrument
airplane” ratings as well as a B.S. Degree in Aeronautical Science. He has
pursued a career as a professional pilot as well as one as an author. He holds
an A.T.P. certificate and to date has filled more than three logbooks with
flight time most of which being in airline category and jet aircraft. Recently he
gave up the life of a professional aviator and now enjoys his job as a
professional writer.
