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Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Lan
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- ISBN
- 9780062986535
- Book Title
- Across the Airless Wilds : the Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Transportation, History
- Topic
- Automotive / History, Modern / 20th Century, General, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 23.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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"THRILLING. ... Up-end[s] the Apollo narrative entirely." -- The Times (London) A "brilliantly observed" (Newsweek) and "endlessly fascinating" (WSJ) rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings, revealing why these extraordinary yet overshadowed missions--distinguished by the use of the revolutionary lunar roving vehicle--deserve to be celebrated as the pinnacle of human adventure and exploration. One of The Wall Street Journal 's 10 Best Books of the Month 8:36 P.M. EST, December 12, 1972 : Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt braked to a stop alongside Nansen Crater, keenly aware that they were far, far from home. They had flown nearly a quarter-million miles to the man in the moon's left eye, landed at its edge, and then driven five miles in to this desolate, boulder-strewn landscape. As they gathered samples, they strode at the outermost edge of mankind's travels. This place, this moment, marked the extreme of exploration for a species born to wander. A few feet away sat the machine that made the achievement possible: an electric go-cart that folded like a business letter, weighed less than eighty pounds in the moon's reduced gravity, and muscled its way up mountains, around craters, and over undulating plains on America's last three ventures to the lunar surface. In the decades since, the exploits of the astronauts on those final expeditions have dimmed in the shadow cast by the first moon landing. But Apollo 11 was but a prelude to what came later: while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trod a sliver of flat lunar desert smaller than a football field, Apollos 15, 16, and 17 each commanded a mountainous area the size of Manhattan. All told, their crews traveled fifty-six miles, and brought deep science and a far more swashbuckling style of exploration to the moon. And they triumphed for one very American reason: they drove. In this fast-moving history of the rover and the adventures it ignited, Earl Swift puts the reader alongside the men who dreamed of driving on the moon and designed and built the vehicle, troubleshot its flaws, and drove it on the moon's surface. Finally shining a deserved spotlight on these overlooked characters and the missions they created, Across the Airless Wilds is a celebration of human genius, perseverance, and daring.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062986538
ISBN-13
9780062986535
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11050020560
Product Key Features
Book Title
Across the Airless Wilds : the Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Automotive / History, Modern / 20th Century, General, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation, History
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
23.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tl480.S95 2021
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[A] detailed history. ... The depictions of lunar travels are a particular highlight. Space buffs will definitely want to check this one out., [A] sweeping historical narrative. ... Intimate, meticulously reported and captivating. ... Earl Swift masterfully reveals Tangier as it is. ... The definitive account of what once was and of what will soon be no more., An expert account... An overlooked achievement in the initial series of moon landings gets a well-deserved spotlight., A masterful narrative of place, people, and nature, supported by the best sort of on-the-ground journalism. ... In Chesapeake Requiem, Swift does what only the best environmental writers can do., For the origins and history of the Apollo lunar rover, there is no better guide than Earl Swift's beautifully written book. It details two decades of rover concepts, followed by two frantic years of building one for Apollo on a ridiculous schedule and an inadequate budget. But it paid off in three spectacular landings that used the rover for science--Apollos 15, 16, and 17. Swift also profiles the people who accomplished this feat; they are as fascinating as the machine itself., Earl Swift has long shown a talent for locating the big and poignant stories that lay hidden in plain sight within the day-to-day lives of unsung Americans. With Chesapeake Requiem, his gift is on fine display. On crabby old Tangier Island, where folks speak a vestigial King James English and tenaciously hold on to the past, Swift has glimpsed our future. Here is a big story about a small place, a canary-in-the-coalmine tale that's sad and beautiful, haunting and true., The literature of lunar exploration has tended to focus on the earlier Apollo missions, with scant attention paid to the extraordinary achievements of the later rover expeditions--which were, in many respects, scientifically bolder and taught us a great deal more about our moon. Earl Swift lays out this great unsung saga with verve and magisterial sweep. After reading Across the Airless Wilds, you'll begin to think of NASA's true golden age not in terms of 'one small step,' but as a series of cosmic car rides., The best nonfiction book of 2018. . . . I can't remember a book in recent years that taught me quite so much. Every page is vivid and rich. . . . A model for what serious reportage should be., Swift details the story of the development of the lunar rover, focusing in particular on three pioneering engineers who made the craft a reality. ... Swift ably outlines their achievements in technology and project management, clarifying complex issues in layperson's language. Even those who think they already know plenty about America's space program will find deeper insights here.
Lccn
2021-006863
Dewey Decimal
629.45/4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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