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El piloto de pruebas, el capit\u00e1n total de su nave, era el que ten\u00eda, por antonomasia, lo que hay que tener: no s\u00f3lo valor, sino tambi\u00e9n una mezcla de destreza, orgullo y lac\u00f3nico humor, bajo las m\u00e1s terribles y continuas presiones. Su simbolismo era a\u00fan el del vaquero fanfarr\u00f3n. Pero en la maquinaria del mundo futuro, en el cerebro multiforme de la M\u00e1quina, no hay sitio ya para el vaquero fanfarr\u00f3n: el ideal es el aut\u00f3mata, y a la condici\u00f3n de aut\u00f3matas y de conejillos de Indias quieren reducir a los bravos vaqueros.Este libro nos narra su lucha por conservar la dignidad humana. Y nos explica tambi\u00e9n las incidencias del gigantesco combate singular publicitario en que se convierte la llamada \u00abcarrera espacial\u00bb y lo mucho que influyeron en el pueblo norteamericano los repetidos fracasos iniciales de su programa (los nuestros siempre fallan) y la eficiencia implacable del sovi\u00e9tico. Y tambi\u00e9n nos habla de la gigantesca maquinaria publicitaria e informativa, que inicia paralelamente su tarea con los astronautas, que necesita h\u00e9roes y s\u00edmbolos; im\u00e1genes m\u00edticas que fabrica y prefabrica, convirtiendo en fichas a los seres humanos. Pero aun as\u00ed, y aunque en las fauces del monstruo publicitario no s\u00f3lo caigan los astronautas sino tambi\u00e9n sus familiares directos, este mecanismo del sistema aporta a sus v\u00edctimas algo muy importante: poder. Frente al tecn\u00f3crata an\u00f3nimo y al funcionario de la ciencia, el astronauta es un h\u00e9roe individualizado; su apoyo puede significar mucho para un pol\u00edtico en unas elecciones, o convertirse \u00e9l mismo en aspirante, como el muy reciente caso de John Glenn (uno de los protagonistas de este libro); su vida toda se convierte en informaci\u00f3n valiosa; su imagen, en la mejor publicidad. 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