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"To a Rocky Moon" available for download, Full text can be downloaded for free in PDF format
Paolo Amoroso
post Mar 4 2009, 02:34 PM
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute has made freely available for download in PDF format the book To a Rocky Moon by lunar and planetary scientist Don Wilhelms (University of Arizona Press, 1993). It tells the story of scientific exploration of the Moon from space from the perspective of scientists rather than engineers, astronauts or mission operations.


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post Sep 12 2010, 08:42 AM
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I loved the book too. I was one of those kids who stayed glued to the TV during the Apollo missions. I was especially fascinated with the A15, A15, and A17 missions (after most people had gotten bored with just another "moonshot"). I loved the science, and Wilhelms' book gave me a glimpse of what was going on in the backroom during those heady days. He is one of the reasons I became a geologist.
Tom

P.S. Wilhelms' excellent and comprehensive book, The Geologic History of the Moon, is also free to download at ASU website:
http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GHM/.
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- Paolo Amoroso   "To a Rocky Moon" available for download   Mar 4 2009, 02:34 PM
- - john_s   This is a great book, by the way, if you want the ...   Mar 4 2009, 05:09 PM
- - dvandorn   Yep -- it's one of my favorite science histori...   Mar 4 2009, 06:19 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Don wanted his book to be profusely illustrated, e...   Mar 4 2009, 09:45 PM
- - PhilCo126   Both are great books indeed the other Phill   Mar 9 2009, 05:34 PM
- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (Paolo Amoroso @ Mar 5 2009, 12:04 ...   Mar 12 2009, 08:46 AM
|- - As old as Voyager   To a Rocky Moon is a fantastic book, my signed cop...   Aug 8 2010, 02:24 PM
- - schaffman   I loved the book too. I was one of those kids who ...   Sep 12 2010, 08:42 AM

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