Apollo 11
The Inside Story
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Simon Mattacks
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David Whitehouse
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Informed by extensive interviews with astronauts such as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, David Scott, John Young, Alan Shepard, Charlie Duke, Al Bean, Gordon Cooper, Al Worden, Walt Cunningham, Tom Stafford, Dick Gordon, John Glenn, Pete Conrad, Edgar Mitchel, James Irwin, Stu Roosa, Ron Evans, Deke Slayton, Wally Schirra, as well as key politicians and NASA personnel
Fifty years ago in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step onto its surface. President Nixon called it the greatest week since creation.
In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players.
This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets' launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space, through President Kennedy's enthusiasm and later doubts, to the astronauts' intense competition to leave the first footprint.
Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many other astronauts who paved the way or went to the moon themselves after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals - all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.
The full list of interviewees includes NASA employees such as James Fletcher, Roco Petrone, Brainerd Homes, Bob Gilruth, George Mueller, James Webb, John Houbolt, Robert Seamans, Max Faget, Director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory William Pickering, and Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet Premier.
©2019 by David Whitehouse. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Mr S
- 20-04-20
A little short
A good encounter of the program, narrated excellently. A little brief but good all the same. Not much new info here if you’re a space nerd but a great listen
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- Roger Boyle
- 10-07-19
Apollo 11
A fascinating insight into the history of the American and Russian space race . It is hard to believe that much of the era is almost a forgotten era and that so few of the moon walkers are still alive
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- mrfids
- 10-08-24
A great overview of early spaceflight
This is a great overview of early spaceflight up to Apollo. This is not really a review of Apollo 11, but more of a review of spaceflight from the 1950s through to the end of Apollo. It covers all the main stories from this period and is a great introduction for anyone interested in learning about this period.. [One correction to make..the audio states that the F-1 engine used RP1 and liquid hydrogen...this should be liquid oxygen]
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- Craig
- 21-07-19
Outstanding!
Fabulous detail and behind the scenes information.
only comment to make is the title is somewhat misleading as Apollo 11 is in fact a minor part of the whole story. A more accurate title might have been space race.
really enjoyed the parallels made to the Soviet efforts of the same time.
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- Mr. S. C. Crowder
- 04-10-20
Insightful and full of amazing facts
As someone involved in big government programmes I found this book fascinating. The determination to make something happen coupled with lots of risk taking. Excellent stuff.
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- Astrobiker23
- 05-12-19
First Book Not Disappointed
i really enjoyed this book, it was my first audio book which I listened to on a long motorway drive. Well written, extremely interesting and lots of information that I didn’t know
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- Brian Russell
- 04-11-24
Fascinating insight
The unknown history behind the story of the Apollo program impressed me the most, I am old enough to watch the landing years ago but didn’t know the facts too well. Well narrated
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- Anonymous User
- 25-08-19
Great detail
A great wide knowledge of the space program, a fantastic in sight to the race to the moon.
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- ChrisB
- 06-08-19
Inspiring story, detail is astounding...
it's a wonder we ever got to and put a human on that rock 385k miles away... a testament to this species desire and will to overcome the odds however stacked against and seemingly impossible ...
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- Paul Williams
- 30-07-19
it's ok
struggled to finish.
lost momentum.
I thought the interviews were a little weak.
but over all not a bad read.
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