There Are No Great men
just great challenges that ordinary men, out of necessity, choose to rise to meet.
Charlie Pellerin's manuscript details his life experiences, emphasizing his decision-making processes and career in physics and NASA. He contrasts reasoning by analogy with reasoning from first principles, illustrating these methods through various career choices, including leaving military school and joining NASA. Pellerin recounts his instrumental roles in the Hubble Space Telescope's repair and the development of NASA's Great Observatories, highlighting moments of high-stakes decision-making and emphasizing the importance of 100% commitment. The narrative concludes with reflections on mortality and the significance of living in the present moment.
