One more characteristic of the “right stuff” is the readiness to perform your destined function, in other words, your being operational: “This word, operational, was a holy word to Slayton. To some extent, he should possess a “feeling of superiority, appropriate to him and to his kind, lone bearers of the right stuff” (Tom Wolfe, 29).
It’s all part of the right stuff….” (Tom Wolfe, 23).Īnother quality essential to any pilot is the feeling of self-confidence which means that he must be a hundred percent sure in what he does and hold his ground once he started doing something: “His faith in what was right was part of his righteous stuff” (Tom Wolfe, 138). Cowards have nothing to do on board the space ship where the pilots face danger every minute and risk their lives for the sake of their county: “… and the man’s superiors knew that the engine hadn’t just flamed out, but every unofficial impulse on the base seemed to be saying: “Hell, we wouldn’t give you a nickel for a pilot who hasn’t done some crazy rat-racing like that. One of the first necessary qualities to mention will be courage.
Only the presence of real men ready to meet danger face-to-face, knowing how to cope with any problem, ready to sacrifice their own life for the sake of their country can convince the crew that the flight even as dangerous as this one is worth taking. No one needs boys on board the space ship. This is a set of qualities which a real man is supposed to have it is something that draws an invisible separation line between a boy and a man. In the case with the book by Tom Wolf the “right stuff” is set of physical and mental characteristics required by the job of a test pilot, it is a so-called virtue each of the pilots must have for the necessary fulfillment of the operations.
The “right stuff’ is the necessary or ideal qualities such as courage, self-confidence, toughness and knowledge, needed for success in a given field or situation.
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