The mission of a lifetime : lessons from the men who went to the moon /

The mission of a lifetime : lessons from the men who went to the moon / Basil Hero.

Only twenty-four human beings have travelled to the Moon. Theirs were the most daring voyages in mankind's history and their view of Earth from the moon changed them and the way we see our home planet. Now in their emeritus years, the twelve remaining lunar explorers for the first time reveal t...

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Main Author: Hero, Basil (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Project Apollo (U.S.) > History.
Astronauts > United States > Interviews.
Space flight to the moon > History.
Leadership.
Conduct of life.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Finding the eagles
  • The real right stuff : selecting the eagles
  • The techniques for conquering fear
  • The wives : braver than the eagles
  • Leadership lessons and doing the impossible
  • Changed by a view : the cosmic lighthouse
  • The eagles and the god question
  • Paradise found : and on the brink
  • Gradatim ferociter : the future of space travel
  • The noblest journey of all
  • Appendix: Biographies of the twenty-four eagles.

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