A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
by Andrew Chaikin
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Author: Andrew ChaikinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-06-01
ISBN: 0670814466
Number of pages: 704
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Book Review: first hand reports from the moonwalkers
Summary: 4 Stars
many books have been written about apollo
I have read more than forty
but in this one we feel the authors has been given the chance to hear directly the moonwalkers
for me it is one of the best first hand report on apollo
Summary of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
An illustrated celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing offers a technically accessible history of the Apollo Program from its less-than-auspicious beginnings, through its greatest triumphs, to its untimely end. 25,000 first printing. Tour.A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and teamwork on Earth. In his preface Chaikin writes, "We touched the face of another world and became a people without limits."
What follows are thrilling accounts of such remarkable experiences as the rush of a liftoff, the heart-stopping touchdown on the moon, the final hurdle of re-entry, competition for a seat on a moon flight, the tragic spacecraft fire, and the search for clues to the origin of the solar system on the slopes of lunar mountains.
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