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Apollo 11
- The Inside Story
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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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.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Mark
- 25-06-19
Uninteresting and dull
This book reads like a cross between a collection of Wikipedia pages and briefing notes for a reporter. I would have thought that it would actually be quite difficult to write a book on this subject and make it quite as dull as this. The author has obviously retained his collection of NASA press releases, with their stream of statistics and acronyms, since the text is littered with pointless facts; the kind of facts that a teenager might find interesting and expect others to find interesting. Indeed, the book has all the passion, insight and excitement of a school textbook. I do not expect a book on this subject to reveal startling new stories, but the plain narrative actually just made me wonder what was the point of this book. One other matter: the book title refers to Apollo 11, so it might be reasonable to expect the book to focus largely on this mission. Not so, we are treated to long sections on early Russian rocket pioneers, and then after the main mission is handled in a simplistic manner, then treated to sections on Apollo 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. Absolutely nothing to do with Apollo 11. It would appear that this book is titled Apollo 11 simply to cash in on the 50th anniversary. I have not read a less interesting, less informative book on Apollo 11
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