ONE GIANT LEAP

A very well written account of the behind the scenes actions plans and events behind the Apollo 11 project. Clarified a lot of misconceptions and threw light on the entire project to land a man on moon.

By far, the best account of the Apollo program I have ever read! So thoroughly researched and written in an entertaining, freshly-told and captivating style that is hard to put down!! Highly recommended.

I was 12 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.There are many books about this, but this one is different and about the men & women behind the scenes.Do NOT think that is not interesting, it is! Very well written too, a completely different outlook and all the better for it.

O Museu Smithsonian fez uma artigo sobre a conquista da Lua extraindo informações deste livro, o que me motivou à comprá-lo.Acontece que o artigo é bem melhor do que o livro, que traz detalhes em excesso e muita questões que não somam na história.

This book really stands out as THE book for today to understand Apollo and how it played a significant role in our culture, not only during the 1960s but in the five decades since. Very well done!Fishman took me back to the days when I watched Neil and Buzz hop around as TV ghosts on a surface that had never known a boot. And I got pulled back into reliving those days of upheaval and uncertainties with the Soviets and riots along with the excitement that was Apollo. He accurately puts into perspective what was happening in the world that led to President Kennedy's decision to go to the Moon "in this decade"... and then page by page pulls you into the excitement, hard work and angst by so many people who got "us" there, letting them individually just tell their stories in their own way, from NASA leaders and engineers to the "little old ladies" who took many weeks to hand-stitch Apollo computer programs into memory. The author does a great job interweaving the culture outside with the culture inside NASA, with just the right amount of detail and personality, that you feel like you're there, watching it happen."One Giant Leap" brings out the story of how Apollo was successful, not only in that it did NOT impact/crash people on the Moon, but that it DID impact people back on Earth in a tremendous way, not only then but still today. The author makes that case well, showing how Apollo's largest impact on society was done almost in the background, with most people hardly noticing, in much the same way that NASA made the "impossible" task of going to the moon and safely return look easy.This book is so needed today, to not just showcase this grand lunar adventure, and more so to inspire the next generation with endeavors greater than they are, enabled by the current generation who wield power and purse, in order to accomplish much more than anyone dreams of. Fishman takes us on the journey to the Moon and back, not just to be there in the moon dust with astronauts who are alive and young again, but also to see how the Moon and this adventure reflects back who we really are as the result.And for me as an old "software engineer" myself, its a great reflection!

Really nice work and a good read but so many things are repeated and repeated. They could have packed it into half of the length and it would be great read.