Apollo by Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Apollo
Book Review: Simply the best book about Project Apollo
Summary: 5 Stars
I've read many books about the Apollo program.... This is by far and away the best!. It captures the thrilling pace of the whole space program in the 1960s, from the initial efforts of the US to compete with the Soviet Union, the tragedy of the launch pad fire of "Apollo 1", the daring decision to make Apollo 8 a trans-lunar flight, the seat of the pants landing of Apollo 11 and the near disaster and "diving catch" to rescue Apollo 13! This is a true classic of non-fiction and I can recommend it to one and all!Book Review: Superb view of a little covered aspect of the program
Summary: 5 Stars
I too and glad that this book is finally back in print. This is not an overview of Project Apollo with astronaut stories and illustrations, for that you should look for the beautiful 3 volume illlustrated edition of Andrew Chaikin's A Man on the Moon. This book focuses almost exclusively on the vital contribution of the engineers and flight controllers and takes us into a world which usually is given short shrift. The missions are portrayed from within mission control itself and presents a superb sense of how the people involved thought and dealt with the problems. Top notch writing, that is accessible, but doesn't dumb things down.Book Review: The HIGH POINT of AMERICAN CREATIVITY
Summary: 5 Stars
This book vividly demonstrates and proves just how incredibly creative and focused AMERICANS can be when focused on a single goal of beating someone(Thank God for the Russians back then)when we didn't care about being so"POLITICALLY CORRECT". We as a nation could really use these people's dedecation and hard word as an example and work to fix this "POLITICALLY CORRECT" country now.Book Review: The On-The-Ground History of Our Greatest Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
The perfect counterpart to Chaikin's book, and an indispensable history of the administrators and decision-makers who made the space program one of our nation's greatest successes. In this day when the word "bureaucrat" is intended as a slur and when government withdraws from the big scientific challenges, it can do us all good to remember the era when the bureaucrats were honest heroes and government dared to reach for the stars. Murray and Cox do justice to everyone from James Webb to the guys in the "trench" in Houston. An invaluable book for any serious Apollo enthusiast.Book Review: The most inspirational book I have ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so glad this is back in print as my copy is falling apart from the number of times I have read it.
The approach taken by the authors of emphasising the "behind the scenes" rather than from the astronauts point of view is extremely enlightening. The massive effort behind the program to put a man on the moon is spelled out with just the right amount of detail and is extremely entertaining and easy to read. I came away with a whole new interpretation of the phrase "Well they can put a man on the moon, why can't they...."
The methods, personalities and organisation detailed in the book is a beautiful study of how to carry out the most challenging undertaking of the 20th Century.
If you are interested in space travel or manned space history, then you MUST READ THIS BOOK for the complete story!
A FANTASTIC READ!