A Man On The Moon
Published by Penguin, 2007
(New edition featuring an afterword for the 50th anniversary of the Space Age)
A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and teamwork on Earth. In his preface Chaikin writes, “We touched the face of another world and became a people without limits.”
What follows are thrilling accounts of such remarkable experiences as the rush of a liftoff, the heart-stopping touchdown on the moon, the final hurdle of re-entry, competition for a seat on a moon flight, the tragic spacecraft fire, and the search for clues to the origin of the solar system on the slopes of lunar mountains.
“I’ve been there. Chaikin took me back.” -- Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 astronaut
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Dear Mr Chaikin,
My boyfriend is a huge fan of your book A Man on the Moon, and I’ve been searching the internet for a signed copy of the book for his Christmas. Unfortunately, I haven’t had any success yet.
I was wondering if you might know of anywhere that I might be able to get a signed copy? I live in Scotland, so by mail is really the only option for me.
Many, many thanks in advance for any help.
Best wishes
Alison
Hi Alison,
Just email me through the website and I’ll give you the address to send a book.
Andy Chaikin
Hi Andy,
Those were really great comments you made on the Miles O’Brien show. For what it is worth, I could not agree with you more. Getting into orbit cheaply should be the unifying issue. After all, once your in orbit you are half way to anywhere. Wonderful timing that you were on Space.com just as the Falcon 9 launched. Keep on hammering on that issue.
Best regards from Boulder.
–Ray
Dear Mr. Chaikin,
I am a High School science teacher in Maine with a great interest in the space program and I incorporate that into my classes. My favorite book by far is your “A Man on the Moon.: Would it be possible for me to mail my copy to you in order for you to autograph it?
Many thanks,
Mike Weiss
Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth, Maine
Hey Mr. Chaikin!
I just wanted to tell you that your books and thoughts are AMAZING. I completely agree on NASA sending. Man to Mars. Do you think there is any possibility that it would be a one way trip though?
Dear Mr. Chaikin:
You will be pleased that many of the astronauts I spoke with last weekend at the 11th ASF Astronut Reunion at Cape Kennedy said your book, “A Man on the Moon” was the definitive the account of the effort to put Americans on the moon. Moreover, I was fortunate to have four Apollo astronauts to sign your book; your autograph would be “iceing on the cake!” Where do I send this book for our autograph?
Walter Wolfe