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Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)
Francis French, Colin Burgess
University of Nebraska Press, 2007
A fantasic Adventure: Not to be missed
+ a difinitive report
+ Excellent read
+ Into That Silent Sea
+ Into That Silent Sea
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Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)
Homer Hickam
Delta, 2000
Amazing True Story
+ escape via rocket
+ Charming and inspirational
+ Rockets in West Virginia
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From the Earth to the Moon (EasyRead Large Edition)
Jules Verne
ReadHowYouWant, 2007
A Science Fiction Classic
+ And interesting ride...
+ A Good Read
Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, made several predictions
that came true in this book. The book is exciting from cover to cover.
It deserves more credit than it seems to be getting. It was written over
one hundred years ago. I would recommend this book to any science fiction
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The Race to the Moon (History Channel)
A&E Home Video, 2004
Great Set From The History Channel
+ Brilliant stuff
+ MOCR the Movie
As I write this it is the 36th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin's moonwalk. In honor of that I thought it would be a good time to review this fine DVD set from the History Channel. This set is really a conglomeration of four separate programs on space, but one of them shines above all the rest. ...
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Things to Come
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman
Legend, 2006
One of sci-fi's most underrated movies.
+ Predictions of the future
+ There sure is a future for Wells, but what a future !
It's a great movie and like the best sci-fi it has a solid story to complement the special effects, it's a prophetic story even anticipating WWII, and giving a social critique about man's relationship with technology and where ourfuture might lead us, solid acting, good story, but bear in mind that ...
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NOVA - To the Moon
Nova
WGBH Boston, 2000
Excellent
+ Great for the new enthusiast
+ The one I always go back to ...
This is one of the best shows on the Apollo program and I have seen and read about everything out there. It has great interviews and information not found any where else. This is Nova at its greatest, bravo!
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For All Mankind - Criterion Collection
Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart
Criterion, 2000
A Film That Is Truly "For All Mankind"
+ a really unique film
+ This is a must have
The Apollo Missions of the late 1960's and early 1970's were perhaps the greatest achievement in the history of humanity. Yet the real achievement and meaning has been lost on many of us. Here, in the film For All Mankind, is a chance to bring some meaning and depth to Apollo. Needless to say, it ...
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2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
Warner Home Video, 2007
Thankyou, Mr. Kubrick
+ The best copy of 2001 Space Odyssey in Blu-ray....
+ Mercury Rising
+ One of My Favorite Films
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins
Cooper Square Press, 2001
You Won't Want to Put It Down
+ Where is our next generation of heroes?
+ Best of the Astronaut books
+ Carrying The Fire: An Astronauts Journeys by Michael Collins
+ Great book
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The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cern and America's Race in Space
Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
This book answers the question: What did it feel like?
+ Exceptionally well-written. It's a pleasure to read.
+ Very detailed account of all of the Moon missions
+ Dinner on the moon
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The Shape of Things to Come (Penguin Classics)
H.G. Wells
Penguin Classics, 2006
H. G. Wells - Conspirator.
_The Shape of Things to Come_ is the Penguin Classics edition of the novel first published in 1933 by the famous science fiction writer and British socialist H. G. Wells which provides an account of the "history of the future" and offers predictions as to what the future (at the time of writing) ...
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Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program (New Series in NASA History)
Donald A. Beattie
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
Fine Book on the Apollo Scientific Experiment
+ Find Out What the Astronauts Did While on the Moon
+ An Excellent Review of Another Dimension of Apollo
While much has been written about the Apollo missions to the Moon, most of these books have focused on either the spacecraft the got us to the Moon (Moon Lander or Stages to Saturn) or the astronauts (autobiographies by Collins, Cernan, Aldrin) and to a lesser degree, Mission control and the flight ...
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Nasa Collection-Volume 1
Apollo 11
St Clair Vision, 2007
Star Struck
+ Time Capsule
Kudos to St Clair Vision for collecting and preserving these original NASA documentaries. This set weighs in at a generous 11 hours, 22 minutes on three DVDs. Here's what you get:
Disc 1 - First Years of Exploration
* Freedom 7 (first Mercury flight)
* The Voyage of Friendship 7 (first ...
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Apollo
Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
South Mountain Books, 2004
Inner workings of humankind's greatest accomplishment
+ Behind the scenes at history's most expensive joyride
+ A band of unknown guys accomplishes the impossible.
+ The HIGH POINT of AMERICAN CREATIVITY
+ A Book Every System Engineer Should Read
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In the Shadow of the Moon
Harrison Schmitt, Alan Bean
VELOCITY / THINKFILM, 2008
In the Shadow of the Moon
+ Heroic!!!
+ Still Great After All These Years
+ Evokes a sense of pride and wonder ....
+ They were the best of times, they were the worst of times!
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