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The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir by Elio Morillo is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir about?
"Inspiring and joyous."—People "Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be." — Kirkus Reviews The engineer known as the "space mechanic" speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond. Elio Morillo's life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space. Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote the future of human innovation—from AI and robotics to space infrastructure and equitable access. The Boy Who Reached the Stars is both a cosmic and intimate memoir spun from a constellation of memories, reflections, and intrepid cur
Who reads The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Elio Morillo
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers; HarperOne
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780063214316
- Category
- nonfiction
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