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In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)
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by Francis French, Colin Burgess, and Walter Cunningham
Sales Rank: 78922
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$16.99
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on 6-19-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 448 pages
Published by: University of Nebraska Press September 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0803211287
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0803211285
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.5 x 2 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
The Gemini program has always been NASA's quiet, superachieving middle child, overshadowed by the space cowboys of the Mercury years and Apollo's lunar prospectors. French, an executive at Sally Ride Science, and Burgess, author of Fallen Astronauts, chronicle the missions on which American astronauts learned how to live in space for more than a few hours; steer a spacecraft around the Earth at almost 20,000 miles an hour; rendezvous with a companion ship; and navigate to another world and return safely. The authors relate that during the early Gemini missions, in the mid-'60s, several crews came close to ending in tragedy before NASA had the bright idea to have Buzz Aldrin practice in a Baltimore swimming pool for the final flight, Gemini 12. The book also covers the Apollo program and the U.S.S.R.'s simultaneous space efforts. Although the authors interviewed surviving astronauts, family members and NASA staff for some fresh material, space aficionados will know most of this saga by heart. For young readers born decades after man last walked on the moon, this is a readable introduction to the first years of America's leap into space. Illus. (Sept.)
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Product Review
"My husband told the authors stories about his Apollo 8 mission that he had never even told me!"-Valerie Anders, wife of Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (Valerie Anders 08/01/2006)
"For both space superpowers, human spaceflight was filled with remarkable triumphs as they strove to place the first human being on the moon. There were also devastating tragedies to overcome. Through diligent research and pivotal interviews the authors recount that extraordinary era in this superbly crafted and eminently readable book."-Rex Hall, MBE, former president of the British Interplanetary Society and spaceflight historian (Rex Hall 08/01/2006)
"Our lives and those of future generations were forever transformed by the events so vividly related in this book. These were the tense, often inspiring days of pioneering human space travel, and the authors are to be congratulated for their unerring portrayals of many larger-than-life personalities involved in that historic endeavor."-Cece Bibby, first lady to work at the Mercury launch pad (Cece Bibby 09/18/2007)
"[A] readable introduction to the first years of America's leap into space."-Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly 09/24/2007)
"Authors Burgess and French are even-handed and equitable, and have done an great job in covering a vast expanse of material. . . . The opportunity to get the true stories from the astronauts themselves is a luxury that will sadly not be available forever, and In the Shadow of the Moon has done an great job in gathering and eliciting the stories of these men, not just the ''official reports,'' but the personal touches that render them more human. . . . The authors have a touch for weaving revealing and captivating personal narratives amidst the nuts-and-bolts space history."-Michael Patrick Brady, PopMatters.com (Michael Patrick Brady PopMatters.com )
"There's a wealth of information and insights about the people and missions in each chapter, at least for those who haven't immersed themselves in space history."-Jeff Foust, The Space Review.com (Jeff Foust The Space Review.com )
"[T]he authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spacecraft as both an intimate human experience and rollicking global adventure. . . . [T]heir book draws a richly detailed picture of the space race as an endeavor equally endowed with personal meaning and political significance."-QUEST (Quest )
Reader Reviews
In the Shadow of the Moon, the second volume in a history of the early space program, does not linger over much over the familier. It's main benefit is illuminating stories of the Gemini and Apollo projects that hitherto have been ignored or lightly touched on by other works. Where else can one see portraits of hitherto ignored astronauts like Donn Eisle or Bill Anders, both hitherto overshadowed by more famous crewmates like Walter Schirra or Jim Lovell?
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