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A spectacular visual record of the first moon landing, with an essay by space historian Piers Bizony and commentary from astronauts, scientists, and contemporary pundits.
The first two-thirds of this pictorial history of the Apollo 11 moon mission, which took place in July 1969, includes text by Bizony (The Man Who Ran the Moon: James E. Webb, NASA, and the Secret History of Project Apollo) and pictures from the mission. The final third is a selection of mostly color photos taken before, during, and after the flight. Via analytical and penetrating text, Bizony puts Apollo 11 and the entire space race in historical context. He compares the first moon mission to the United States' current planned crusade and finds that the Apollo program was one of the greatest engineering achievements of all time. The new moon program will take much longer to complete, a demonstration of the space race urgency of the 1960s and NASA's remarkable ability to fulfill its first moon landing. Engineers in the current program are examining hardware from the Apollo program to get design ideas. VERDICT The selection of pictures is outstanding. Readers will recognize many of them yet will still be enthralled. Recommended for space buffs.—Jeffrey Beall, Univ. of Colorado Lib., Denver
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Patrick Mahaney
reviewed One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered on July 29, 2009 One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered
A series of essays with numerous photographs and illustrations to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. Unlike the 2 similar books I have in my reading list, this one focuses a bit more on Apollo 11, but also looks at other related ideas, such as plans to return to the moon in the foreseeable future. The bulk of the written material is in the first half of the book, and I was interested to see some "behind the scenes" type photos I'd not seen previously - like photos showing the construction of the massive Vertical Assembly Building. One of the essays dealt with the Constellation program to return to the moon, so that may date rather quickly. The second part of the book was a photo-essay of Apollo 11's flight, and combined some of the most famous images from space flight history -and some not-so-famous - with quotes from Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. One of my favourites, from Armstrong: "As a teenager, I thought that everything that happened before I was born was just ancient history. I didn't think I needed to know all about it. So I can't be too critical of this generation."
A lovely little book.
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Add One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered, The first moon landing in July 1969 captured the imagination of the world as no subsequent space spectacular has. Forty years later, space historian Piers Bizony has produced a stunning visual record of this unparalleled mission. Drawing on high-reso, One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered to your collection on WonderClub |