Space Forum / Space History / February 2005

"While everyone talks of "seeing Sputnik," the satellite was a
sixth-magnitude
object, the faintest the eye can observe from Earth.  The spent core
of the R-7

Last summer there was some discussion of a new biography of Neil
Armstrong by James R. Hansen.  Some of the discussion indicated that
the book would be coming out now.  Anyone have any more information on
the book or its release date, perhaps something suitable for printing