
Rocket Men
The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
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Narrated by:
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Richard McGonagle
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By:
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Craig Nelson
At 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. It carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins to the last frontier of human imagination: the moon.
Rocket Men is the thrilling story of the moon mission, and it restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it represented in planning, technology, and execution.
Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Craig Nelson re-creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are taken right into the cockpit with Aldrin and Armstrong and behind the scenes at Mission Control.
Rocket Men is the story of a 20th-century pilgrimage, a voyage into the unknown motivated by politics, faith, science, and wonder that changed the course of history.
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Outstanding
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Would you consider the audio edition of Rocket Men to be better than the print version?
I don't knows since I read technical stuff.What was one of the most memorable moments of Rocket Men?
Of course Apollo 11 is the most memorable. While the book essentially starts with the launch of the moon-landing mission, it digresses a number of times to cover tangential elements, facts, and stories. Deciding the most memorable moment is like deciding the most memorial moment of you child’s birth.A+ If You're A Space Groupie
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Great book
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Nice history marred by technical mistakes
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I get a peculiar reaction to really great outstanding books, I pace back and forth. my enthusiasm, and wonder overflows my inner cup and I'm simply yet ecstatically overwhelmed. needless to say this listen fits into that coveted category.
What an amazingly unique challenge this was for mankind! What an adventure the whole planet held its breath for. All of those enormous probably catastrophic risks laid out on live tv. For many it was before their time, for others its grandeur forgotten, and for everyone, the behind the scenes opera never known till now
So this book is very special because it succeeds in translating all that forgotten glory that was in the public eye and more importantly most of which was kept secret .
It is SO well researched and written ,providing a more than complete history that reads like a thriller. Whether your interested in the space program or not you will find this an amazing experience.
TRULY OUTSTANDING
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Very Enjoyable Book
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I really love this book...
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While entirely educational, Rocket Men is so interesting and fun, you don't notice you're learning about the whole era of early space travel!
This is a beautiful, self-contained "course" on the early space program.
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Great for Space Nuts
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Quite a reality check!
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