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The Ever-Changing Moon: Book Two: Apollo 16's Journey to the Lunar Highlands
The title is purposefully ironic. The Moon does not change, but our understanding of it does. The people and mission of Apollo 16 teach us a great deal about our celestial neighbor.
After accomplishing President Kennedy’s challenge of a lunar landing, NASA places more emphasis on science. John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charlie Duke are assigned to Apollo 16, the first mission to a mountainous region. Exploration of the lunar highlands is vital for answering long-lasting questions about the Moon.
Mechanical issues jeopardize the mission less than an hour before the scheduled landing. Are years of training for naught, or rewarded by rich discovery? Enjoy the ambition, humor, and skill of astronauts and engineers as they seek to advance our knowledge of the Moon through the 1972 mission of Apollo 16.
“Extremely well written. There’s nothing out there like this. Very detailed, very well researched.”
– Jerry Bostick , Flight Controller, Chief of the Flight Dynamics Branch
“It sure was wonderful to remember such details of the Apollo missions. You did a great job in conveying the excitement of those years to today’s readers. Your writing will excite many young minds.”
– Farouk El-Baz , Trainer of Apollo astronauts in geology
After accomplishing President Kennedy’s challenge of a lunar landing, NASA places more emphasis on science. John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charlie Duke are assigned to Apollo 16, the first mission to a mountainous region. Exploration of the lunar highlands is vital for answering long-lasting questions about the Moon.
Mechanical issues jeopardize the mission less than an hour before the scheduled landing. Are years of training for naught, or rewarded by rich discovery? Enjoy the ambition, humor, and skill of astronauts and engineers as they seek to advance our knowledge of the Moon through the 1972 mission of Apollo 16.
“Extremely well written. There’s nothing out there like this. Very detailed, very well researched.”
– Jerry Bostick , Flight Controller, Chief of the Flight Dynamics Branch
“It sure was wonderful to remember such details of the Apollo missions. You did a great job in conveying the excitement of those years to today’s readers. Your writing will excite many young minds.”
– Farouk El-Baz , Trainer of Apollo astronauts in geology
516 pages, Paperback
Published April 13, 2023
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October 6, 2023
It is so much fun to get a chance to read about the later lunar missions in the Apollo program. This book focuses on Apollo 16; I’ve actually heard this mission denigrated as “that time NASA sent a couple of hicks to the moon,” but this book gives the astronauts the credit they deserve. Commander John Young and LMP Charlie Duke were down home boys from Florida and South Carolina, respectively, and they sure had a ball exploring the lunar surface, but they were highly intelligent, well trained, and did some great geological observation and sampling—and their observations upset a few scientific apple carts and led to a more accurate understanding of the formation of the moon.
This book is richly detailed, very well researched, and full of information that I didn’t know—and I’ve read several books about the Apollo program. If you’re a space geek, don’t miss it.
This book is richly detailed, very well researched, and full of information that I didn’t know—and I’ve read several books about the Apollo program. If you’re a space geek, don’t miss it.
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