Apollo 13
by Jeffrey Kluger, James Lovell
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Author: James Lovell, Jeffrey KlugerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-20
ISBN: 0618619585
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: A memoir/history that everyone should read...
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this one on the shelf for a while, knowing eventually I'd want to read it. After the first few pages I was completely drawn in and couldn't put it down, despite having seen the movie and knew the where and the how that everything happened. With Apollo 13 you see not only an awe inspiring tale of survival, but you are transported into the foreign territory of outer space.
We all know that Apollo 13 and its crew re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean. This isn't what made this book so great. What made it so great was reading all the drama of the blown oxygen tank, the off course trajectories and the exploding battery in addition to all the science and technical details that are inserted into this memoir/history of the Apollo 13 mission. When Lovell is explaining how a spacecraft enters lunar orbit, of firing your thrusters with 22,000 lbs of force in order to slow your spacecraft down enough for the gravity of the moon to pull you in. When you learn that when in the sun it is 278 degrees but when not in the sun it is -278, and thus the ship must rotate in order to keep an even temperature spread throughout the ship. The books is full of numerous interesting tidbits that make the survival story, extremely dramatic in its own, just as interesting as the science behind it all.
The other major factor is, or course, mission control, where you have some of the brightest minds in the industry all there to ensure a successful flight to the moon. The ingenious CO2 scrubber, the minute and exact calculations for the slingshot around the moon, the power down sequences to reduce AMP consumption. There is so much that makes this an engrossing read that it transcends the typical memoir and morphs into something all together more interesting and thought provoking. I cannot recommend Apollo 13 enough, even if you have watched the movie already. I myself am now going to search for other NASA memoirs in the hopes of finding other tales that are as intense and thought provoking. A definite recommend.
5 stars.
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