One Giant Leap (book)
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One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon is a 2019 nonfiction book by journalist Charles Fishman, about the Apollo program, that focuses on thousands of people who worked on it.
Background
[The U.S.] didn't have a spaceship that could fly to the moon. We didn't have a rocket that could launch to the moon. We didn't have a computer small enough or powerful enough to do the navigation necessary to get people to the moon. We didn't have space food.
— Charles Fishman[1]
Fishman wrote the book concentrating not on the biographies of
Fishman writes that "Apollo didn't usher in the
Reception
The book received positive reviews. National Space Society review writes that "As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the Moon within the next decade ... this book acts as a reminder about what is required to achieve epic results",[4] while Kirkus Reviews calls the book "a fresh, enthusiastic history of the moon mission".[5]
In his review for the
Robert Schaefer notes that "Fishman is a really, really good storyteller, and One Giant Leap would make a fantastic audio book". He writes that the book gave a good understanding "of America as it was and how it changed with the Apollo mission". Schaefer concludes his review writing that "This reviewer has but one complaint, that even at 480 pages, One Giant Leap could and should have been even longer, with more on the Mercury and Gemini missions preceding Apollo, more on the Saturn V, more on each Apollo astronaut, and more on their discoveries."[2]
See also
- First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- First on the Moon (Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin book)
- Carrying the Fire the autobiography of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
- A Man on the Moon The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, a 1994 book
References
- ^ a b Davies, Dave. "'One Giant Leap' Explores The Herculean Effort Behind The 1969 Moon Landing". npr.org. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Schaefer, Robert. "One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Whitaker, Mark (24 July 2019). "Review | The dreams and dedication behind our leap to the moon". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Book Review: One Giant Leap - National Space Society". space.nss.org. National Space Society. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "ONE GIANT LEAP | Kirkus Reviews". Retrieved 5 July 2023.
External links
- What You Didn’t Know About the Apollo 11 Mission by Charles Fishman for the Smithsonian Magazine