The boy who reached for the stars
a memoir
Book - 2023
"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" --
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| 37413320697685 | Checked out | New Adult Non-Fiction | B MORILLO MORILLO | Place A Hold |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The boy who reached for the stars : |b a memoir / |c Elio Morillo with Cecilia Molinari. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, |c [2023] | |
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| 300 | |a viii, 197 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Launchpad: from Ecuador to the unknown -- Landing site selection: New York -- Pad reconstruction: Puerto Rico and the kindness of strangers -- Ground support: Adverse weather conditions -- Load and go: The academic dynamics that shaped my dreams -- Defying initial conditions: Built to be tougher than expected -- Launch vehicle rollout: Developing an empire state of mind -- Final countdown: Education, the silver bullet to poverty -- Liftoff: Skyrocketing to my dreams -- Mission Control Center: The data that helped shape my identity -- Max pressure: Inching closer to real-world results -- Cruise phrase: Mastering engineering while monitoring a family reality -- Trajectory correction: Preparing to reach for the stars -- Entry, descent, and landing: The Rover, the helicopter, and me -- Surface operations: Searching for joy -- Epilogue: Beaming toward a compassionate future. | |
| 520 | |a "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" -- |c Book jacket. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) | ||
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