Non-fiction 16 Oct 2005 18:05
A Man on the Moon
A Man on the Moon
Andrew Chaikin
Reading this book, I realized how much I did not know about the Apollo program.
Based on hundreds of hours of interviews with all of the original astronauts and their support team, this is an incredibly detailed recounting of the adventure that took 12 men to the surface of the Moon. It tells everything, from the training and preparation, to the complicated process of selecting who would fly on each mission, to the actual flight and exploration.
It’s not a book full of scientific or technical data; it’s about history, not numbers. Still, it goes to an impressive level of detail, and you finish the book hoping that there would be more. It takes you to the moon with the astronauts and brings you back safely.
This book was the basis for the HBO series “From The Earth To The Moon”, and the recent editions include a foreword by Tom Hanks. For those interested in the history of space exploration, this is an indispensable resource.
