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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
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Publisher's Summary
The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon.
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.
Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space.
Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable. But this junior engineer was irrepressible. He stood by his concept, fired off memos to executives, and argued that LOR was the only way to success.
For the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, hear the untold story of the man who helped fulfill Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon and begin exploring the final frontier.
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- 12-11-21
brilliant!
loved it! movie material! goosebumps! go for it. it's pure gold. I enjoyed it.
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- 04-12-19
Amazing and inspiring story in very extraordinary presentation
Audio book at best as it has everything- story of a relentless journey of a man to put mankind on moon and not to forget get back home safely. The audible has added magic to the book by the actual voices of the subjects which is not possible in the book.
This one something you shouldn’t miss. Period!
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- Pranavi Nissan
- 07-08-19
Teaches u what engineering and ethics really mean
The performance is really good and the documentary itself is loaded with tons of information and exciting facts. But I felt that the time line of the audiobook could have been organised better. The period between 1963-69 is quite vague. Another issue for me was the repetitiveness of the events and emotions. Apart from that it was a fabulous and quick read. Would recommend it to anyone who loves reading and space
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- Srishtik
- 03-10-19
Incredible
loved it very much. curiosity reached saturation. found hard to accept the fact that it has finished.
Very good story writing and narration.
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- Debabrata Ghosh
- 19-04-22
Apollo-getic Houbolt
The history behind Apollo 11's journey to the moon was something that always eluded me due to my own volition and lack of utmost interest for a long time and I am not sure why. Finally, I decided to get rid of my unwarranted whimsy to learn more about it. But I regret a bit to start with this audiobook which focuses more on a specific unsung hero of the Lunar Landing and an ardent proponent of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous which made the mission possible. The storyline is somewhat repetitive and prolonged with emphasis on John Houbolt's contrition and how he rued NASA's bureaucracy rather than the ultimate success of it. His lack of recognition and the desire thereof was a perfectly valid point but despite some notable appreciation, the ultimate regret somehow dampened his legend in the story. Hopefully I'll choose a more comprehensive account of the Apollo 11's history next time I read about it/listen to a book. Until then, this audiobook remains an average one in my eyes.
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