Moonshot

A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible

By: Mike Massimino

Narrated by: Mike Massimino

A former NASA astronaut and New York Times bestselling author delivers lessons for teamwork, innovation, and leadership to the average person through thrilling firsthand accounts of space exploration.

When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one of the All-American hero: athletic, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut turned business speaker and bestselling author Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a “gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still, after working hard and working smart, Massimino had a successful career as an astronaut. Now, he uses his experience to bring readers valuable, actionable, and entertaining advice for how to get back up and make possible the seemingly impossible--now on Earth.

Moonshot shares Massimino’s hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires listeners to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots.

Like Admiral McRaven’s Make Your Bed and Voss’s Never Split the Difference brought military and hostage negotiation lessons to civilian life, Moonshot distills stories and insights from NASA into an accessible, compact, actionable guide of how to get the little things right to accomplish our big goals.

©2023 Mike Massimino (P)2023 Hachette Go

Great book by a great guy

Great read. Well narrated by the author. Wonderful story and important suggestions for success in life in general.

loved it

I laughed at some of his mistakes. Who hasn't stripped a screw and beat themselves up mentally for it? Or tried to correct a mistake only to make it worse? Or confessed an error to their boss because they know that no bad products can leave the plant? So, I related strongly to the errors that he made. Then, he gave some good advice on how to handle mistakes and learn from them.

the relentless persue and perseverance of chasing your dream while self checking reality

it thought us to never give up, "one chance in a million it's not 0!"

Excellent story

I enjoyed the authors personality as it came through as he read. A definite Must Read.

Amazing lessons we could apply to our day to day even if we are not astronauts

I wish I bought a hard copy so I could take notes but loved Mike on Big Bang I knew I’d loved his narration. I want to gift this book to every person I know who just wants to be a better version of themselves or who aspire to be something more. Such great lessons! I’ll be listening to it again soon.

Honesty

Really nothing.
I spent a total of 6 years living in New York City and Long Island and felt connected to the author.

Love this book- recommended it to so many so far!!

Loved that Mass reads his own book again, and it is very well done. It’s a distilled version of his first book in some ways, but with more reflection on how others can take the lessons he learned and apply them to their own lives. The way he breaks this down and reminds the listener several times that he’s just an average guy with grit and perseverance keeps the advice feeling like it’s coming from an Uncle or cousin or brother. The non-space nerd friends I have that listened at my recommendation said they also really enjoyed it!!

Inspiring Story with Learned Lessons

I love Mike Massimino. Fascinating story of space exploration. I loved the content and the insight shared. I was taken out of the story sometimes by the performance, but not enough to lose a star.

Must read

Great book and positive thought process that can really change the way think. Highly recommend.

Amazing

Not my normal type of audiobook, but it was informative and entertaining from beginning to end.