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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

By: Andrew Chaikin
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016

This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

©2007 Andrew Chaikin (P)2015 Audiobooks.com Aeronautics & Astronautics Americas Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science History History & Culture History & Philosophy Physics Science United States Technology Thought-Provoking Inspiring Interstellar Biography

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There's really good stuff about the Apollo missions in this audio book. Fascinating details are strewn throughout and it's clear the author is awe-struck by both the scale of the venture and the people who made it happen.
However, there were a few eye-rolling moments as Chaikin clumsily over-emphasises the inherent romanticism of going to the moon. This is not helped by Pinchot's breathy delivery of such lines, despite his otherwise solid performance.
Also, the stress Pinchot puts on the 'hours' when he reads out the 'mission elapsed time' seems out of place. It's like he can believe they've been on the mission for six days, but can't believe they've made it through eight additional hours.
Overall, these irritations don't detract from the narrative and Chaikin has written a very good book, which is ably read by Pinchot.

Greatly informative, but slightly irritating.

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from start to finish a truly brilliant listen
completely carries the listener along on the journey.
each individual story is woven succinctly and expertly
brilliant

superb

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an indepth and holistic explanation of the Applo narrative. from the engineering and technology to the personal and intimate thoughts of the astronauts

emotive and detailed

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What a thrilling account of the Apollo program in the eyes of the astronauts and their wholehearted experience. I was fascinated by the whole Mercury/Gemini/Apollo sequence of programs, but this book brought everything to first person level!
The narrator does a marvelous job of bringing the story and the astronauts to life.
Definitely recommend this detailed and intimate account of our first adventure to the Moon!

The greatest adventure of the 20th Century

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I have spent countless hours reading about Apollo program. I you can find almost anything about it. But this book came with different approach. You will live the story with astronauts themselves as the book comes with amazing details about everyone of them.

Known story comes back with loads of details

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