author: Edgar M. Cortright
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.83
book published: 1975
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/12
date added: 2019/10/26
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'Apollo Expeditions' by Edgar M. Cortright with contributions by many involved in the program is a reprint of a book originally published in the 1970s, but with the upcoming 50th anniversary of landing on the moon, the timing is perfect.
The 15 chapters of this amazing book are written by different people with different aspects of the Apollo program. So, one chapter is about the Saturn rocket and it's written by WernHer von Braun. One is about the huge hangar built for rockets. One is about the scouting missions made before man went to the moon. Chris Kraft talks about mission control. Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin talk about landing on the moon.
Along with the text, there are tons of photos and drawings. I loved reading this book from the perspective of those that lived it. There is a small amount of repetition, but I attribute that to different perspectives of the same event. Timely and breathtaking.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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