The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312263511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Coauthor Don Davis, a veteran journalist, helps Cernan craft a colloquial prose style that nicely captures the competitive, macho personality that seemed virtually mandatory for astronauts in the 1960s and '70s. And it sure was fun, as becomes clear in the exciting descriptions of his spacewalk from Gemini 9 and stroll around the moon from Apollo 17. His frank, earthy memoir of his years at NASA adds another entertaining, informative volume to the burgeoning shelf of books illuminating the inner workings of the space program and the people who made it happen. Cernan candidly depicts the reckless streak that twice led to needless injuries jeopardizing his spot on a
His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17.Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times bestselling author Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all - the Moon.. The basis o
The Odd Couple Goes To The Moon OperaTenor You may think you've learned everything about the 12 men who walked on the moon, but Gene Cernan's perspective and insights are a great read. 50 years after the clean cut image days, we see the drive to excel. There are candid remarks about not all the astronauts being the best of pals, great anecdotes and, in spite of Cernan wishing he were a poet to better share his experiences with all those taxpayers and e. "Gene Cernan: hero, spaceship commander, the Last Man on the Moon" according to Al Bowers. Gene Cernan, what can you say? Only 12 people have ever walked on the surface of another world. All of them are over 80 now, those that are still alive. Gene Cernan was the last man to step off the Moon. It would be like Colombus discovers the new world, and Magellen goes around the world a few years later. And then all the voyages stopped. No one else crossed the ocean. We have too many problems at home, we m. That Girl said Very insightful!. I enjoyed this book! I read another NASA book a few months ok and it was a bit too technical for me. This one had humor and tried to describe the technical aspects in a basic way. This book really demonstrates just how much sacrifice and stresses our astronaut went through during the NASA/Apollo's period. We did not always hear about the critical episodes or the behind the scenes drama at the time they were oc