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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Space Race started as a contest between the two biggest Allied powers: the Soviet Union and the United States.
Chapter 3: A successful lunar mission was seen as a much-needed unifying event for a divided United States.
Chapter 4: Apollo 8 enabled NASA to figure out exactly what a landing on the moon would truly require.
Chapter 5: Apollo 8 had just four months to prepare for its launch.
Chapter 6: The Apollo 8 astronauts were an ideal crew for this mission.
Chapter 7: It was an extraordinary technical accomplishment to get Apollo 8 to the moon and back.
Chapter 8: The astronauts enjoyed remarkable support, both professionally and personally.
Chapter 9: The Apollo 8 mission gave us two moments that reshaped how humanity thinks about Earth.
Description
Rocket Men (2018) tells the riveting story of Apollo 8, the moon mission that put the United States ahead of the Soviet Union in the Space Race. In 1968, NASA chose to risk everything. They had to beat the Soviets to the moon, and they had just four months to do it.
Who Should Listen
- Amateur astronomers
- Space-exploration enthusiasts
- People with an interest in politics and social issues of the 1960s