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Moondust - Andrew Smith

Description: ISBN 0747563691 / Author: Andrew Smith / Genre: Biography / In 1999, Andrew Smith was interviewing Charlie Duke, astronaut and moon walker, for the Sunday Times. During the course of the interview, which took place at Duke's Texan home, the telephone rang and Charlie left the ... more

Moondust - Andrew Smith ... room to answer it. When he returned, some twenty minutes later, he seemed visibly upset. It seemed that he'd just heard that, the previous day, one of his fellow moon walkers, the astronaut Pete Conrad, had died. 'Now there' s only nine of us,' he said. Only nine. Which meant that, one day not long from now, there would be none, and when that day came, no one on earth would have known the giddy thrill of gazing back at us from the surface of the moon. The thought shocked Andrew Smith, and still does. Moondust is his attempt to understand why.

Newest Review: ... I hope it was the second at 5pm!) This seemed like an interesting read and being interesting in watching the space shuttles ... more

... take off from an early age when they were a big event and often televised in the 1970's and 1980's. I had an interest in space and the moon landings. The book tracks down the remaining handful of the few men that have ever been to the moon. I thought this book would be full of interesting statistics, emotions of the men and families involved and full of things I didn't already know. The book was none of that. It was a difficult read, much of it is dull and bland. I still have a great interest in space travel and...more

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Moondust - Andrew Smith: Bad writing style makes a dull read (181 words)
by DarkestGrey - written on 12/08/08 (Useful, 7 readings)
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I saw this book on Richard & Judy's bookclub (I must have been drunk or something to watch that rubbish, or flicking the channels, I can't remember which but I hope it was the second at 5pm!) This seemed like an interesting read and being interesting in watching the space shuttles take off from an early age when they were a big event and often televised in the 1970's and 1980's. I had an interest in space and the moon landings. The book tracks down the remaining handful of the few men that have ever been to the moon. I thought this book would be full of interesting statistics, emotions of the men and families involved and full of ...

What do you do after you have been to the Moon? (383 words)
by G_L_D - written on 30/07/06 (Useful, 89 readings)
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Today, of the 12 men who have walked on the moon, only 9 are still alive. Given the fact that the youngest of these men is nearly 70 now, then one day, in the near future there will be no one person alive who has walked on the moon. We have not landed on the moon in over 30 years. For me, this is very thought provoking, poignant, and disappointing. Why disappointing, well, for me the future of the survival of the human race ultimately depends upon us reaching out and colonizing other planets in space, and conquering the Moon is the first step to this ultimate goal. The fact that only 9 people out of the original 12 are still alive today is the reason why the ...

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