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Topic: Afterglow: Age of Moon Explorers (Webber)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-30-2017 12:29 PM
Afterglow: Reflections on the Golden Age of Moon Explorers by Derek Webber Twenty-four guys went to the Moon in the late sixties/early seventies. Of them, 12 walked on its surface. Three of them made the journey twice. The author met (and photographed) 20 of the 24 who made the journey, and 11 of the 12 who walked on its surface, and has an archive of transcribed tapes from talks and presentations and book signings given by them. These 24 humans have been the only ones to see at first-hand what our planet looks like, slowly spinning without any visible means of suspension in the vastness of space. Who were they, and how did they describe their experience? This book will provide a record of the human tales and complexity behind the technological triumph of Apollo, how going to the Moon affected them, and the lives they led on returning to Earth. This, in some way, represents the Legacy; passing on what we learned from the first time we went to the Moon. In summer 2019 it will be the Golden Anniversary of the Golden Age of spaceflight, and any of the Moon travelers still alive at that time will be in their late eighties/early nineties. - Paperback: 220 pages
- Curtis Press (November 20, 2017)
- ISBN-10: 099340023X
- ISBN-13: 978-0993400230
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 10-22-2018 09:20 AM
Since the post above is a year old, I'm assuming the book didn't come out then. (Or is it print on demand?) Amazon lists the book with a release date of February 1, 2019, with 80 more pages. Links in original post still work. | |
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