Retired US Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Linn-en-jer") In his book, "Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir" (in paperback) he chronicles his five months on board the Russian Space station "Mir" a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together." During his five months there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacked adequate supplies, and battled constant system failures. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 2/21
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