Philip Gibson
ASIN: B00MV571OA
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 281
"We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy but because it is hard!"- President John F. Kennedy, 12 September, 1962.What if there had been today's social media during the incredible Apollo 11 mission to the Moon?If you were not fortunate enough to be able to witness the entire historic mission of Apollo 11 as it unfolded (or even if you were), this gripping account will put you believably back inside those eight incredibly tense and dramatic days in 1969. The unique social media format of the book allows us to experience all the drama and achievements as if we were following them live, and as if the participants were speaking to us directly in real time.The narrative is based on actual astronaut accounts, NASA transcripts of the fascinating continual communications with the astronauts,broadcasts of all the main TV networks covering the mission and the thoughts of many laypeople ...