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DavidH
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posted 01-03-2006 09:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DavidH   Click Here to Email DavidH     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Don't know that I've seen anything here about this book. Has anyone read it?

Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words
by Rod Pyle

The Apollo space program was the largest technological undertaking of all time, and let to the greatest adventure of the 20th century. Born of the cold war, it was moved forward by the passion of 100,000 workers and $20 billion over ten years.

Over that time, 12 courageous individuals stepped out onto the lunar surface and thus changed the history of humankind, changing us into a space-faring civilization.

And then, it was gone. Three years, 9 missions, six men on the surface of the moon. They explored, they experimented, and they came home.

Here in one volume are the transcripted voices of the partipants, with expert commentary and retrospective reminiscences, explained and put into context. From the triumphs of Neil Armstrong to Buzz Aldrin, to the near disaster of Apollo 13 ("Houston, we've got a problem"), it's all here — the science, the adventure, the glory, the letdown. One of the great stories of humankind's reaching for the stars.

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Smithsonian (November 1, 2005)
  • ISBN-10: 0060873493
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060873493

Larry McGlynn
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posted 01-03-2006 03:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, if you have any other reference books or picture books on Apollo and the moon landings, then don't waste your money.

I bought it and found that it is basically a children's book.

Mike Dixon
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posted 08-22-2012 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I just purchased (and waiting to receive) the book titled "Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts Own Words".

Anyone out there have it and care to express an opinion?

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Tykeanaut
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posted 08-22-2012 05:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tykeanaut   Click Here to Email Tykeanaut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A look on the Amazon reviews is always useful too.

cspg
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posted 12-31-2018 10:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Amazon.co.uk lists this title to be released in May 2019 but under a different title: "The Apollo Missions: In the Astronauts' Own Words" (previous edition was "Destination Moon").

No Amazon.com link yet.

rodpyle
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posted 01-09-2019 03:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rodpyle   Click Here to Email rodpyle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In response to the OP, "Destination Moon" was written in 2004 (my first book). I did not know anything about the reissue by Carlton until now, and had no participation (I'd have changed a few things had I been notified). This book was handled by a broker and so I have been out of the loop since 2005.

"Missions to the Moon" (also Carlton Books, published in 2009 and again in 2010) has just been reissued as well. This was originally a slip-case book with well-done reproduction of period documents from the Apollo program included in little glued-in envelopes, but the reissue has them as printed pages. It was done pretty well, and they added a good augmented reality component that allows you to flip through many more pages from press kits and the like. I did help on this reissue a bit, but only to update some closing chapters. Workload with the publishers of the four books I have coming out this year precluded doing much more.

rodpyle
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posted 01-09-2019 05:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rodpyle   Click Here to Email rodpyle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's going to be a wild-and-wooly year for Apollo books, with the publishers not only commissioning new works (I have a 50th anniversary volume coming out as well), but also dredging their backlists for anything that might make a few more bucks. I personally know of at least 5 other authors working on Apollo titles, and we all know there will be at least 20 or more hitting the shelves. I'm not thrilled that some of the older stuff has been reprinted (especially without the courtesy of even informing the author to check for an error log), but that's the marketplace today.

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