Apollo 8
by Jeffrey Kluger · first published 2017
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Recounts the bold but dangerous mission to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon, revealing the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought renewal to a country ravaged by assassinations and war.
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Second this recommendation for the book and miniseries. Jeff Kluger and Jim Lovell's Lost Moon (retitled Apollo 13 after the movie based on it) and Kluger's Apollo 8 are also good reads. For podcast listeners, these episodes of the Omega Tau podcast cover the Apollo hardware at a very high level of detail: http://omegataupodcast.net/239-the-saturn-v-launch-vehicle/ http://omegataupodcast.net/83-how-apollo-flew-to-the-moon/ http://omegataupodcast.net/97-how-apollo-explored-the-moon/ http://omegataupodcast.net/167-the-apollo-guidance-computer/ http://omegataupodcast.net/218-a-life-in-apollo/
on “How the Apollo Fire Propelled NASA to the Moon” ↗Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger is one of my favourite books. It was basically extraordinary that NASA gambled so extravagantly, combining multiple steps in the planned sequence into one mega mission in order to get…
on “Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died” ↗…Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Gnomon - Nick Harkaway The Gone Away World - Nick Harkaway The Apollo Murders - Chris Hadfield Nonfiction ---------- Mindf*ck - Chris Wylie 1776 - David McCullough Apollo 8 - Jeffrey Kluger
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗I highly recommend his book with Jeffrey Kluger, “Apollo 13”, originally published as “Lost Moon” in 1994.
on “Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, has died” ↗…"Don't be afraid to ask; people say yes more often than you think." Was an enjoyable read. 4/5 My Antonia by Willa Cather (Oxford World Classic) - Really good read and not that long of a book. 4.5/5. Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger - As the title implies, it's about the Apollo 8 mission. Same guy who wrote the biography on Neil Armstrong. 3/5. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling - Charming short stories that Kipling…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Jeffrey Kluger also wrote Lost Moon, about Apollo 13, in collaboration with Jim Lovell. That is also an excellent read.
on “Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died” ↗