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Chariots for Apollo: The Untold Story Behind the Race to the Moon

by Charles Pellegrino

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ISBN13: 9780380802616
ISBN10: 0380802619
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It began in the depths of the Cold War, with two nations hurtling steel chariots into the atmosphere, each vowing to be the first to the moon.Then, in 1961, John F. Kennedy challenged America — and from Long Island to Cape Canaveral, Houston to Huntsville, an army of engineers, scientists, bureaucrats and astronauts were swept up into the effort. Somehow, America would put a man on the moon's surface and bring him back safely before the decade was over. But how?

For eight frantic years the engineers would design and redesign, the scientists would argue, and brave men would trust their lives to virtually untested machinery. This dramatic chronicle of the race to the moon takes us behind the scenes of this awesome quest, into the minds of the people whose lives were devoted to it and changed by it, and through the missions themselves — including the tragedy of Apollo 13. A riveting portrait of ingenuity, determination, and raw human courage, Chariots for Apollo is the powerful story of how one society came together to reach its goal — a quarter of a million miles away.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-312) and index.

About the Author

Dr. Charles Pellegrino is the author of twelve books, including Unearthing Atlantis and Her Name, Titanic He is a paleontologist who designs robotic space probes and relativistic rockets and is the scientist whose dinosaurs cloning recipe inspired Michael Crichton's bestselling novel Jurassic Park. In his spare time, Dr. Pellegrino writes acclaimed sf novels and mind-bending technothrillers. Jan de Bont, the director of Speed and Twister, has been signed on to direct the film version of Pellgrino's biological disaster novel Dust The recipient of the 2000 Isaac Asimov Memorial Award for Science Writing, Dr. Pellegrino lives in New York.

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ISBN:
9780380802616
Subtitle:
The Untold Story Behind The Race To The Moon
Author:
Pellegrino, Charles R., Bib
Author:
Pellegrino, Charles R.
Author:
Stoff, Joshua
Publisher:
Quill
Location:
New York :
Subject:
History
Subject:
Modern - 20th Century
Subject:
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject:
Space flight to the moon
Subject:
Lunar excursion module
Copyright:
Series Volume:
106-27
Publication Date:
19990601
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.11x5.31x.95 in. .68 lbs.

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