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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

By: Andrew Chaikin
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Summary

Audie Award, History/Biography, 2016

This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 of the 24 moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.

©2007 Andrew Chaikin (P)2015 Audiobooks.com Aeronautics & Astronautics Americas Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science History History & Culture History & Philosophy Physics Science United States Technology Thought-Provoking Inspiring Interstellar Biography
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Great story if you can get beyond the initial style of narration. We were driving through Europe when we started listening to this. The story is a great faithful recording of the Apollo missions, however the initial few hours are very sleep inducing...... Stick with it the narration gets much better and easier to listen to. And a great record of one of our great mile stone's in history

Interesting and at tine riveting

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Would you consider the audio edition of A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts to be better than the print version?

No

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Awful narrator! Just the wrong voice for this story, really spoils a great book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I could listen to the narrator for that long.

Great book ruined!

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I've read many very technical books on the Apollo programme and wondered what another book could add. This book takes a different approach - it has its technical moments - but covers in far,far greater detail the humanity involved; what the astronauts thought and felt during their missions. This, coupled with the incredible research that must have been done prior to writing, gives the book a very real and credible sense of recalling the experiences of those involved. The narrator does a superb job and uses differing American regional accents to articulate the descriptions given of the various character's speech patterns.

The human side of Apollo

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If you could sum up A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts in three words, what would they be?

Brave amazing legacy

What did you like best about this story?

The details of the characters.

What about Bronson Pinchot’s performance did you like?

His voice is easy enough to listen to.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Hold on to your seats.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this audiobook, immerse yourself and enjoy the adventure.

Its all in the details

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I really enjoyed this narrative-based history of the Apollo moon missions, punctuated as it was with biographical details that made the men who went to the moon more life-like, nearly 50 years on. I got a bit tired of the narrator’s style of pausing before, and then emphasizing, nearly every figure of distance or time (“nearly fifty... MILLION... years ago..” etc), though the rest of his narration was flawless. Well worth a listen; and it brought me in mind of Gene Cernan’s epic autobiography “Last man on the moon”. Great tales of a time now too far past.

Great tale of fantastic adventurers

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