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Springer On The Moon by Grant Heiken , Eric Jones
This book explains how the Apollo crews learned to work on the lunar surface. Its lively and informative text draws heavily on transcripts and photographs to illustrate points. It puts the reader on the lunar surface with the astronauts, sharing their observations, excitement, and frustrations. The book describes the challenging yet exhilarating lunar environment facing the Apollo astronauts, and reveals their courageous, sometimes creative and occasionally humorous adaptation to the field conditions on another planet. Recent interviews with the astronauts are included in which they recall their thoughts after more than 25 years of reflection. Flight of the Geritol Bunch.- Ride, Sally Ride.- Weightlifters.- "At the peak of readiness".- The Untouchables.- "Major malfunction".- Challenger missions 1983-1986.