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Moon Landing - 40th Anniversary selection!

Welcome to my blog! This week's Moon Landing 40th Anniversary selection is: Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe thier Lunar Experiences. Since I don't own this book (yet!), I'll use the product description from Amazon.com: Andrew Chaikin’s A Man on the Moon is considered the definitive history of the Apollo moon missions—arguably the pinnacle of human experience. Now, using never-before-published quotes taken from his in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four Apollo lunar astronauts, Chaikin and his collaborator, Victoria Kohl, have created an extraordinary account of the lunar missions. In Voices from the Moon the astronauts vividly recount their experiences in intimate detail; their distinct personalities and remarkably varied perspectives emerge from their candid and deeply personal reflections. Carefully assembled into a narrative that reflects the entire arc of the lunar journey, Voices from the Moon captures the magnificence of the Apol...