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If you can't get enough of this, let me recommend:

A Man on the Moon - http://www.amazon.com/Man-Moon-Voyages-Apollo-Astronauts/dp/...

And the HBO series based on it:

From the Earth to the Moon - http://www.amazon.com/From-Earth-Moon-Collectors-Edition/dp/...

And I'd recommend "Apollo - The Race To The Moon" by Murray & Cox. Unlike most books about the US space program, this deals with everything except the astronauts. I've read it so many times my copy is falling apart...

Thanks, I'll read that. "Flight" by Gene Kranz, is also an amazing book.

Appreciate the reminder from you and others re: books by/about Kranz. Back in the 60s (I was 16 when Apollo 11 landed) I would not have cared for his no-compromise/no-bullshit approach. These days, that's exactly what I would appreciate about him, since it was necessary.

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