Moon Rush, Leonard David
Moon Rush, Leonard David
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Moon Rush
The New Space Race

Author: Leonard David

Narrator: Dan Woren

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019

Synopsis

Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology—past, present, and future—central to our explorations of Earth’s only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.In these rich pages, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future “Moon Village” plans. David offers inside information about how the United States, allies, and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come.Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE—$30 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home—the twenty-first-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever. Accounts of these new strategies are set against past efforts, including stories never before told about the Apollo missions and Cold War plans for military surveillance and missile launches from the moon. Timely and fascinating, this book sheds new light on our constant lunar companion, offering reasons to gaze up and see it in a different way than ever before.

About Leonard David

Leonard David has been reporting on space science and exploration for more than fifty years. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Private Air, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy, and Aerospace America. David has been a consultant to NASA, other government agencies, and the aerospace industry and currently serves as SPACE.com’s Space Insider columnist. He is the author of Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet and coauthor of Buzz Aldrin’s Mission to Mars.

About Dan Woren

Dan Woren is an American voice actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator. He has worked extensively in animation, video games, and feature films. He is best known for his many roles in anime productions such as Bleach and as the voice of Sub-Zero in the video game Mortal Kombat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

Start with the historic version of events leading to the Apollo moon landings. Add interesting facts along the way. Add a survey of where we stand today, with other countries’ moves toward the moon, as well as new private corporations. Conjecture a little. You end up with a nice little book on the s......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Moon Rush is a book that opens my eyes to the immense potential of the moon. The moon's soil has a element called Helium 3. This can be a source of nuclear power, and this means that a settlement can be established on the moon. Every piece of information fascinates me in this book. I am curious to l......more

Goodreads review by Shawn

Apparently we have been trying to return to the moon for the last 30 to 40 years and I didn't even know it. It was recently discovered that there may be ice within permanently shadowed regions of the lunar surface, potentially providing a source of water, oxygen, and rocket propellant. Harvesting th......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

I’ve been a science fiction fan practically forever, but my love of science fiction led me to want to know the real story of our solar system. For years, the definitive view of the American space program has been Maury Chakin’s book From the Earth to the Moon, which is a detailed look at the Apollo......more

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