Moondust : In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

A revised and up to date version of the traditional work to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the primary moon touchdown

‘It left me spellbound … belongs to the identical custom as Tom Wolfe’s The Proper Stuff’ Sunday Instances

‘Fascinating. A beautiful e-book’ David Bowie

The Apollo Moon Programme has been referred to as the final optimistic act of the 20 th century. In Moondust, Andrew Smith got down to discover and interview the 9 remaining Moonwalkers as a way to learn the way their lives, and ours, had been irrevocably modified by this surreal expedition.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the primary moon touchdown, Smith’s highly effective and gripping account of essentially the most brave journey of the final century is re-released with a brand new chapter, detailing his fascinating interactions with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Edgar Mitchell and Alan Bean within the years since publication. With thought-provoking meditations on the dramatic current upswing in cosmic exploration, together with astonishing encounters with the would-be astronaut-settlers of the Mars One challenge and the scientists main the seek for life in our photo voltaic system, that is an indispensable replace to the definitive traditional.