Moonshot: Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon

by Deke Slayton (Author), Alan Shepard (Author), Neil Armstrong (Introduction), Howard Benedict (Author), Deke Slayton (Author), Alan Shepard (Author), Jay Barbree (Author)

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  1995

  $6.65

  Alan Shepard was the first American to rocket into space and Deke Slayton was supervisor of the US astronaut corps for 12 years. This is their account of the bitter struggle between the super-powers to be first on the moon. Why did the Apollo 1 capsule burst into flames killing three astronauts? Why were Neil Armstrong and his crew dangerously close to being stranded on the moon? What were the reasons for the poor relationship between NASA scientists and the astronauts? After 25 years of speculative debate in the media surrounding these questions concerning the competence of NASA and the human cost of the space race, the authors reveal the background behind the news stories. This is not only an account of the politics of the space programme but a book which recalls the sucesses, disappointments and tragedies of those people involved in the launch and flight of America's space craft.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $4.54

  It is 25 years since Neil Armstrong made man's first triumphant lunar landing. Now Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, two pioneering astronaughts, reveal the human cost of the bitter struggle between the Superpowers to be first on the moon. In this unique first-hand account of the space race the authors dislose facts about events that made headlines across the world including the hideous truth about Apollo 1 and a navigation error that nearly resulted in Neil Armstrong and his crew being stranded on the moon in Apollo 11. And yet this book is also a powerful story of intense human drama, focusing on the men behind the heroes - the successes, the disappointments and even the tragedies that shaped the world of those men that risked everything to launch and fly America's spaceships.