TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Andrew
TI  - Moondust: in search of the men who fell to earth 
SN  - 9780062906694
PY  - 2005///, 2019
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Project Apollo (U.S.)
KW  - Astronauts
KW  - United States
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Space flight to the moon
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or worse. With awe and humor Smith tracks of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or worse. With awe and humor Smith tracks down the nine surviving members of this elite group to find their answers to the question, "Where do you go after you've been to the moon?" A thrilling blend of history, reportage, and memoir, including revelatory interviews, Moondust rekindles the hopeful excitement of an incandescent hour in America's past when anything seemed possible as it captures the bittersweet heroism of those who risked everything to rocket themselves out of the known world - and who were never again quite able to accept its familiar bounds. - back cover
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