Is the book worth it??
I enjoyed it and it gave a unique insiders perspective from a regular kinda guy, he describes other astronauts and what they were like, some surprises, and helps flesh out the people behind the names on all those mission patches back in the eighties.
He does not hold back much! He perspective is that of a military flyer of the era and the self admitted politically incorrect sense of humor that goes with it.
He goes into detail about the whole shuttle experience, launch to landing, and leaves little to the imagination (shuttle toilet fun), he also writes of the ordeal of the Challenger trajedy aftermath and the pressures on astronauts families.
Is he a Story Musgrave? No.
Is he a believer in the dream and brought some of it home for the rest of us? Yep.
Get it used at Amazon for a good price. I bought it at a bookstore and payed premium price as I was going on a trip and wanted it to read.