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Topic: Apollo 12
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TrueNorth
Member Posts: 161
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 02-02-2004 11:57 AM
   
Does anyone know if there have been any books written about Apollo 12 specifically or of Conrad, Bean or Gordon individually.This group was something special. Anyone who has seen the "From the Earth to the Moon" episode (my personal favorite) will agree. There seems to be lots of material there, yet I've never seen anything. Thanks. John |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-02-2004 03:24 PM
This is a group whose popularity is decidedly driven by their personalities. By all accounts, Pete Conrad was an outstanding individual -- I liked the final tribute that Gordo gave him in "Leap of Faith," and Bean and Gordon are great, outgoing individuals. As a group, they may well have been the most cohesive team of any of the Apollo missions.That said, I am not sure that the mission is any more worthy than any of the Apollo flights for a book. While I would welcome a book or two (or three) on every flight, I would probably rank Apollo 12 in the bottom half of the actual Apollo missions. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-02-2004 03:41 PM
Alan Bean has written two books - "Apollo: An Eyewitness Account" and a children's book called "My Life as an Astronaut." The nearest we'll ever get to a Pete Conrad autobiography, I think, is "The Right Stuff." There are a huge amount of Conrad's opinions and stories in that book. FF |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-02-2004 04:11 PM
'My Life as an Astronaut' is an entertaining read, it only takes an hour or so.It's not going to tell you much you don't already know but it has some nice personal detail, such as how proud Bean is of being the first person to eat spaghetti on the moon.  Cheers,
Matt |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 02-02-2004 06:24 PM
Don't forget the very entertaining comic book about their fabulous trip! | |
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