'Astro Turf': A Memoir of the Cold War

By Jacki Lyden
Published March 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
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M.G. Lord talks about her book Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science, which weaves a memoir of her relationship with her father with a Cold War history of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Jacki Lyden
Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.