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[i]"Having recently read the prequel to this book I was filled with a mixture of excitment and trepidation when starting this one - could it be as accessible and fascinating as the first? I am pleased to say that if anything it is better than [/i]Into That Silent Sea. [i]This book takes up where the first left off and chronicles the ups and downs of the Gemini space missions and then the Apollo missions up to Apollo 11 and the moon landing. In addition the story of the Russian space programme is interwoven to show just how close the race to the moon actually was at one point. I loved this book as once again it found a brilliant balance between technical, social and personal history. I freely admit that it is the personal histories that fascinate me the most, but at no point did I find myself overwhelmed by technical details and I raced through the book as I found it utterly compelling. This is probably a book for someone who already has an interest in the space programme during the 1960s but whether you know a lot or a little I know it will be an indispensible reference book."[/i]
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