Elio Morillo
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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 compels 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...
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Elio Morillo, el "mecánico del espacio", toca tanto nuestro futuro como el pasado en estas apasionantes memorias.
Nacido en Ecuador, pero forzado a emigrar a los Estados Unidos tras el colapso económico, la vida de Elio Morillo salió de su órbita abruptamente. Aún así, una infancia itinerante pone en marcha una migración cuyo ímpetu, en última instancia, llevará a Elio a la mayor expansión del esfuerzo humano: el espacio. Confrontando una...
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English
Description
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...