Moondust, Andrew Smith
Moondust, Andrew Smith
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Moondust
In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

Author: Andrew Smith

Narrator: Matt Jamie

Unabridged: 14 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/25/2019

Synopsis

In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing comes this edition of journalist Andrew Smith’s book, now updated with a new Afterword, that tells the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space, and his interviews with nine of the surviving men.“Smith’s book succeeds…because he bungee-cords together so many intriguing digressions.”—New York TimesThe Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or for worse. Journalist Andrew Smith tracks down the nine surviving members of this elite group to find their answers to the question ""Where do you go after you've been to the Moon?""A thrilling blend of history, reportage, and memoir, Moondust rekindles the hopeful excitement of an incandescent hour in America's past when anything seemed possible as it captures the bittersweet heroism of those who risked everything to hurl themselves out of the known world—and who were never again quite able to accept its familiar bounds.

About Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith has worked as a broadcast commentator and an investigative feature writer for publications including The Face, The Guardian, and the Sunday Times. He has also written and presented radio series and films for the BBC, including the acclaimed documentary Being Neil Armstrong. He lives with his wife, Jan, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean

Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth is a unique account by the journalist Andrew Smith, recording the experiences of the 9 remaining astronauts who went to the moon. As he says: "Of over 400 people who have now been into Space, only 27 have ever left Earth's orbit and seen her from the p......more

Goodreads review by Cira

First, let's lament the unfortunate cover of this new edition. Here's the old one: Okay, onward: I actually read each chapter at least twice before moving on. I've never done a neurotic escapade like that with a book before, but I didn't want it to end. Part memoir, part essayist account, part histori......more

Goodreads review by Daisy

Despite the Apollo landings being a triumph of technology and ideology, a shot over the boughs of the cold war and an act of political legerdemain during the messy Vietnam war, this book ended up being profoundly human and an exploration of the questions that haunt us all. The author was a kid in Ca......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

This is a book about people rather than technology, or rather, the impact of technology on people. Those looking for a detailed and factual account of the Apollo Moon Landings will be disappointed. Those, like me, who know the official narrative but want answers to the questions no-one thought to as......more

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