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NeilPearson
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posted 05-27-2018 03:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NeilPearson   Click Here to Email NeilPearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Apollo and Soviet Space Programs
by David Eicher

Foreword by Charlie Duke
Creative Director Brian May

Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May has just announced a new project he's been working on with author David Eicher. No further details as yet but, if it's anything like the "Queen in 3D" book he released a couple of years ago, I think we're in for a treat!

On edit: In paying tribute to Alan Bean, Brian May posted the following in relation to the 3D book.

Alan was a very accomplished artist, and had just given us (the London Stereoscopic Company) his blessing for us to reproduce this great painting of his "First Men - Neil Armstrong" in our forthcoming 3-D book on the Space Race..

Robert Pearlman
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posted 05-27-2018 04:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A few more details via Wikipedia:
Eicher has written "Mission Moon 3-D," a book containing stereoscopic views of the Moon and with a text covering the Apollo missions, the space race, and the Soviet space program, in association with Brian May and his collaborators. Brian May is listed as Creative Director, with a foreword written by Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke. The book is scheduled to be published in October 2018 by the London Stereoscopic Company and MIT Press, and will include Brian May's celebrated OWL viewer, made for appreciating 3-D images.

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Mission Moon 3-D: A New Perspective on the Space Race
by David Eicher and Brian May
Foreword by Charlie Duke
The story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it, told in text and visually stunning 3-D images.

July 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11's epochal lunar landing, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon. This visually rich book offers a new perspective on that historic accomplishment, telling the story of the lunar landing and the events that led up to it with text and 3-D images. A 3D viewer, designed by astrophysicist (and lead guitarist with the rock group Queen) Brian May is included with the book.

Mission Moon 3-D offers unique access to the Apollo astronauts and what they saw. It tells the story of the US-Soviet space race, from Sputnik and the space dog Laika to Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared that America would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong guided the Eagle to a safe landing on the edge of the moon's Sea of Tranquility. President Richard Nixon told the astronauts, and the nation, that it was "the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation." Mission Moon 3-D recounts all this and more in memorable and visually stunning fashion.

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • MIT Press (October 23, 2018)
  • ISBN-10: 0262039451
  • ISBN-13: 978-0262039451

Robert Pearlman
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Astronomy Magazine video
Please join Astronomy editor David J. Eicher for this short video about "Mission Moon 3-D," his new book with Brian May.

NeilPearson
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posted 10-26-2018 04:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for NeilPearson   Click Here to Email NeilPearson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Radio interview with Brian May, explaining how he made 2D images into 3D stereoscopic photos.

GACspaceguy
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posted 10-28-2018 07:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I picked up the book on Amazon and all I can say is WOW this is a "must have" for any of you that want that "being there" feel.

Jurg Bolli
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posted 11-01-2018 04:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jurg Bolli   Click Here to Email Jurg Bolli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I agree 100%, this is great, very nicely done and well worth the $.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 11-05-2018 05:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can anybody tell me why there are two cover designs for the one book. What if anything is the difference?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-05-2018 10:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Judging by Amazon and Amazon UK, it appears to be the difference between the US and UK editions.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 11-06-2018 03:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Robert.

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