| Physical description |
xv, 320 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Authors' Notes xiii -- 1. Storm Warning 1 -- 2. Science Fiction 5 -- 3. High Hopes 10 -- 4. Doing It 13 -- 5. Human Race 18 -- 6. How Do You Do? 25 -- 7. Dangerous Visions 34 -- 8. Work Begins 38 -- 9. Before Hal 46 -- 10. Ironworks 48 -- 11. White Sands 52 -- 12. Judgment 63 -- 13. Houston 70 -- 14. Sizing It Up 71 -- 15. Mock-ups and Mock-outs 73 -- 16. Long Islanders 75 -- 17. Light Stuff 81 -- 18. QC 84 -- 19. Conference 91 -- 20. Diseases from Space 93 -- 21. Dragon's Lair 96 -- 22. With Zond to the Moon 101 -- 23. Saboteurs 107 -- 24. Temperatures Rising 108 -- 25. World's Greatest Porsche Lover 109 -- 26. Firespill 1112 -- 27. Aftermath 117 -- 28. Falling Star 120 -- 29. Paralysis and Recovery 122 -- 30. Tommy Outrage 125 -- 31. Heroes 130 -- 32. Little Boy Who Talked to Spacemen 137 -- 33. Moving Toward Operations 138 -- 34. Cosmos 148 -- 35. Apollo Dawn 149 -- 36. Ghosts in the Machine 151 -- 37. Zond Again 160 -- 38. Pogo 160 -- 39. A Tale of Woe and Intrigue 164 -- 40. Lindbergh and the Astronauts 177 -- 41. Moonward Ho! 182 -- 42. Dress Rehearsals 185 -- 43. Some Demands of Destiny 193 -- 44. Ignition 205 -- 45. Unbelievable News 206 -- 46. A Ride Down U.S. 1 208 -- 47. What the World Never Saw on Television 213 -- 48. UFO 221 -- 49. A Sea of Crises 222 -- 50. Luna 15 226 -- 51. How Chet Senig's Part Worked 227 -- 52. Task Accomplished 229 -- 53. Interlude 231 -- 54. Sorry to Interrupt the Festivities, But We Have a Problem 236 -- 55. End of the Von Braun Era 271 -- 56. Emergence 285 -- Afterwood: Where Are They Today? 293 -- Selected Bibliography 307. |
| Summary |
The fascinating and true story of one of America's greatest scientific achievements: the race to put a man on the Moon and bring him home safely. |
| Other author |
Stoff, Joshua.
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| Subject |
Lunar excursion module.
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| ISBN |
0380802619 (paperback) $13.50 |
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