4.2 5 5 Forfatter: Andrew Smith Oplæser: Matt Jamie
In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing comes this edition of journalist Andrew Smith's book, now updated with a new Afterword, that tells the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space, and his interviews with nine of the surviving men.
"Smith's book succeeds…because he bungee-cords together so many intriguing digressions."—New York Times
The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or for worse. Journalist Andrew Smith tracks down the nine surviving members of this elite group to find their answers to the question "Where do you go after you've been to the Moon?"
A thrilling blend of history, reportage, and memoir, Moondust rekindles the hopeful excitement of an incandescent hour in America's past when anything seemed possible as it captures the bittersweet heroism of those who risked everything to hurl themselves out of the known world—and who were never again quite able to accept its familiar bounds.
Sprog: Engelsk Kategori: Biografier Oversætter:
Forlag: HarperAudio
Længde: 14T 6M
Reaching for the Moon: A Short History of the Space Race
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Chasing the Moon: The Story of the Space Race – from Arthur C. Clarke to the Apollo landings
Safely to Earth: The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
No Dream Is Too High
Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
The Secret War
Backstop Land
Chasing the Demon
American Moonshot
The Arms of Krupp
American Moonshot: Young Readers' Edition
No Encore! – Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs
Moon Rush: The New Space Race
Answering the Call: The Doctor Who Made Africa His Life
Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition
Carrying the Fire
The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West
Every Third Thought
X-15 Diary - The Story of America's First Spaceship
A Season on the Wind
The Wit and Wisdom of William Shakespeare