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“A powerful, unrelenting biography of a man who stands as a living testimony to everyday grit and determination. . . . Hansen has achieved something quite remarkable.... A magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century. . . . A must for astronaut buffs and history readers alike.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Let it be said at once that his book is an outstanding success.... Immaculately researched and packed with detail, but written in a way that will appeal to readers of all kinds.... This is an important book, and should be in every scientific library.”—Sir Patrick Moore, London Times Educational Supplement“[Hansen’s] mastery of detail is put to splendid use. The narrative of the moon mission is crisp and dramatic, the science clear. He deftly takes us back into those few days of global fascination with the adventure of the three distant voyagers, and the tense uncertainty about how it would turn out. The moon landing is old mental furniture for everyone of Baby Boom age and older....I finished Hansen’s Apollo story with a wholly fresh sense of awe at the magnitude of NASA’s achievement.... a compelling and nuanced portrait of the astronaut.... to understand Armstrong on his own terms is to see a large truth of our time.”—James Tobin, Chicago Tribune
“A riveting chronicle.... [T]he book is a work of a true scholar.... The dramatic description of the actual landing ... actually makes one’s heart pound, and one feels like going through it again and again....A must book not only for space buffs but for the general reader as well.”—Srinivas Laxman, The Times of India
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"Even if you think you know everything about Neil Armstrong and America’s historic mission to be the first to land men on the Moon, this remarkable book by Dr. James Hansen contributes a host of fascinating new insights into not only the character of Apollo 11’s enigmatic commander but also into the nature of the spacefaring enterprise itself. It is a book for all time."
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