29 March 2018
Forever Young: a life of adventure in air and space
... Young, and readers of this book, his publisher enlisted the author of “First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong” to help him write it. The result is a fascinating read. In a foreword by Apollo 11 command module pilot Mike Collins (who...
01 October 2019
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
... Dare – Pilot of the Future’ and an admission that he never looks at the Moon “without being reminded of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin”, Rees is keen to restate his views on manned spaceflight. “The practical case for manned...
01 October 2019
Returning People to the Moon after Apollo
...”. It also has a human touch, such as his description of donning the awkward EVA suits: “Aldrin had to talk Armstrong through like a blind man – ‘put your left foot to the right a little bit’ and so on”. And in one...
19 September 2023
Apollo Remastered
... grainy images (especially when reproduced full-page). And I would have liked to see the only picture of Armstrong on the Moon given more prominence and selectively enlarged and enhanced. But this is Saunders’ book and...
