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On the Moon: The Apollo Journals [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Science)
  • Author:  Heiken, Grant, Jones, Eric
  • Author:  Heiken, Grant, Jones, Eric
  • ISBN-10:  0387489398
  • ISBN-10:  0387489398
  • ISBN-13:  9780387489391
  • ISBN-13:  9780387489391
  • Publisher:  Springer
  • Publisher:  Springer
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-Apr-2007
  • Pub Date:  01-Apr-2007
  • SKU:  0387489398-11-SPRI
  • SKU:  0387489398-11-SPRI
  • Item ID: 100237580
  • List Price: $44.99
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This book explains how the Apollo crews learned to work on the lunar surface. Its lively and informative text draws heavily on transcripts and photographs to illustrate points. It puts the reader on the lunar surface with the astronauts, sharing their observations, excitement, and frustrations. The book describes the challenging yet exhilarating lunar environment facing the Apollo astronauts, and reveals their courageous, sometimes creative and occasionally humorous adaptation to the field conditions on another planet. Recent interviews with the astronauts are included in which they recall their thoughts after more than 25 years of reflection.

This book explains how the Apollo crews learned to work on the lunar surface. Its lively and informative text draws heavily on transcripts and photographs to illustrate points. It puts the reader on the lunar surface with the astronauts.

This book explains how the Apollo crews learned to work on the lunar surface. Its lively and informative text draws heavily on transcripts and photographs to illustrate points. It puts the reader on the lunar surface with the astronauts, sharing their observations, excitement, and frustrations.

Many people who are interested in space exploration are too young to remember much about the events that led to the Apollo Program and the global excitement that accompanied the missions. Interest in the first lunar landing transcended all political, economic, and social borders. It is vitally important to revisit the roots of mankinds boldest exploration, examining the astronauts observations, tallying the accuracy of our assumptions, and gaining new perspective for this centurys missions.

Adapting to a New World.- Pinpoint Landing, Great Science, and a Lot of Fun.- A Damned Hard Walk Followed by a Little Golf.- The Lunar Dune Buggy.- Drilling Troubles.- The Descartes Highlands  High Land But No Volcanoes.-lsL

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