Moon Shot, Alan Shepard
Moon Shot, Alan Shepard
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Moon Shot
The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings

Author: Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, Neil Armstrong

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 13 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/07/2019

Synopsis

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat—landing humans on another world.

Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

About Alan Shepard

As one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, Alan Shepard (1923-1998) became the first American in space on May 5, 1961, and a decade later took, with his partner Edgar Mitchell, the longest walk-two miles-on the moon before hitting a golf ball for miles and miles across the lunar landscape.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

Imagine finding Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton sitting in bar, nursing a couple of beers, and talking about old times. You notice them, they seem friendly, and you walk up and ask, “How did it all happen? What was it like?” This book is the story they would tell. Moon Shot is a book taken from the min......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn

Moon Shot is the ghostwritten account of Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton's experiences at NASA during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. This is, of course, fascinating stuff, and I had difficulty putting the book down in terms of the subject matter. However, the writing is TERRIBLE. It is SO BA......more

Goodreads review by Gavin

I'll give this two stars, but that's a bit of a charity rating. If it wasn't for subject matter that truly interests me, I probably would have closed this one permanently after the first few hundred pages. It didn't take long for me to realize how poor the writing is. It's bad enough to induce groans......more

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